Ethiopia

NBE directive on licensing insurance brokers, posted on 25 March 2026 together with directives SIB/63/2026 (persons with significant influence in an insurer) and SIB/64/2026 (external auditor of an insurance company). The page does not state the legal basis or effective date.

Draft posted by the NBE for public comment, with comments due by 29 April 2026. It gives the regulator power to enforce licensees' anti-money laundering and terrorist financing obligations (Art. 6(12)), provides for inclusive insurance and takaful licences (Arts 35(2)-(3)) and defines bancassurance (Art. 2(4)).

Unnumbered draft in which licensed financial institutions may test innovations for up to twelve months (Art. 12.1), with informed customer consent (Art. 15.1), a Birr 300,000 processing fee (Art. 29) and incident reporting to the NBE within 24 hours (Art. 18). It cites Arts 6(21) and 53(2) of Proclamation No. 1359/2025 and Arts 89(2) and 91(2) of Proclamation No. 1360/2025.

ECMA directive covering licensing, operation and supervision of securities exchanges, derivatives exchanges and the over-the-counter market. The download page was created on 21 July 2024 and last updated on 21 November 2024; the text was not read.

Adopted on 19 February 2021 and published in Federal Negarit Gazette No. 15. It sets up the Commission as an independent body, requires ethics and anti-corruption liaison offices in public bodies, and provides for declaration and verification of officials' assets and financial interests. It repeals Proclamations No. 433/2005 and No. 883/2015.

Covers recruitment, employment contracts, wages, termination, severance, occupational safety and health and liability for work injuries. It bars employers and managerial employees from retaliating against a worker for exercising a right and from sexual harassment at work; FAOLEX records it as not repealed. The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa links a ministry copy at mols.gov.et.

Adopted on 7 July 2016 and published in Federal Negarit Gazette No. 83. It repeals Articles 706 to 711 of the Criminal Code and Article 5 of the Telecom Fraud Offence Proclamation No. 761/2012. The Council of Europe profile says it creates offences such as inciting fear online and requires service providers to keep communications records for at least a year.