

Although the central bank has launched crackdowns several times prior to this, they had been mostly ineffective. In an effort to reverse what has now become a leading cause for the loss of considerable revenue to the government in addition to aggravating inflation, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has introduced a series of regulatory measures against this illegal market. It was found that a single foreign Hawala operator sends forex up to 80 times every week.


The matter was further complicated by the discovery of bank officials’ involvement involved in feeding the black market, along with the other two main culprits: diasporas and illegal Hawala agents. According to Borkena, $1 was fetching as high as 120 Ethiopian birr, a two-fold jump from the 53- birr banks were selling it for. The black market for foreign exchange in Ethiopia has been exhibiting a rapidly increasing gap from the official bank exchange rate, passing through the 90-birr mark in early September before reaching the hundreds in October 2022. Q: What is 50 Canadian Dollars in Ethiopian Birr?Ī: 50 Canadian Dollars buys 2080.735 Ethiopian Birr at interbank exchange rates.Ethiopia Cracks Down on Black Market Forex Exchange as $1 Q: Is the Canadian Dollar going up or down against the Ethiopian Birr?Ī: Today's exchange rate (41.6147) is higher compared to yesterday's rate (41.5931). Q: What is the Canadian Dollar worth against the Ethiopian Birr?Ī: One Canadian Dollar is worth 41.6147 Ethiopian Birr today

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