ETHIOPIA: Red Sea Access & more – 31st Dec 2025

About this episode

The episode discusses various issues in Ethiopia including a court case against the government, banking losses, and cultural events.

A civil society organization’s court case against the government, Tsehay Bank’s back-to-back losses, the Ministry of Industry’s loan plans, a soil fertility decline, fees on coffee, Mulatu Astatke’s final world tour, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Godfather of Ethiopian Jazz on his farewell tour” by Marta Pausilli: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy073xp2yj0o Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

People in this episode

Host: Rorshok

Topics covered

• civil society
• banking
• government policy
• agriculture
• music
• Ethiopian culture

Keywords

• Ethiopia
• Tsehay Bank
• Ministry of Industry
• Mulatu Astatke
• civil society
• agriculture
• coffee fees

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tsehay Bank, Ministry of Industry

Places: Ethiopia

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