{"id":3682,"date":"2026-07-07T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:47:07","slug":"ethiopias-gold-sector-now-has-capacity-to-generate-usd-5-5-billion-in-a-single-year-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/ethiopias-gold-sector-now-has-capacity-to-generate-usd-5-5-billion-in-a-single-year-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia\u2019s Gold Sector Now Has Capacity to Generate USD 5.5 Billion in a Single Year: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/740836256_1005655482348424_1270237415129930390_n-843x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/740836256_1005655482348424_1270237415129930390_n-843x1024.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/740836256_1005655482348424_1270237415129930390_n-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/740836256_1005655482348424_1270237415129930390_n-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/740836256_1005655482348424_1270237415129930390_n-1265x1536.jpg 1265w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/740836256_1005655482348424_1270237415129930390_n.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN Plus-July 7, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) announced that Ethiopia\u2019s gold sector has developed the capacity to generate USD 5.5 billion in export revenue within a single year, describing the achievement as a major milestone in the country\u2019s economic transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prime Minister made the remarks while responding to questions from members of the House of Peoples\u2019 Representatives during the 30th Regular Session of the fifth year of the current parliamentary term, where he presented the government&#8217;s performance report for the 2018 Ethiopian fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing economic issues, Prime Minister Abiy highlighted Ethiopia\u2019s significant progress in gold production and exports. He recalled that over the 27-year period from 1984 to 2011 E.C., the country earned a cumulative USD 3.7 billion from gold exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, he said Ethiopia has now built the capacity to generate USD 5.5 billion in gold export revenue in a single year, an achievement that exceeds the total earnings recorded during the previous 27 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prime Minister described the milestone as clear evidence of Ethiopia\u2019s accelerating economic growth, emphasizing that the country&#8217;s progress is not merely reflected in statistics but is tangible, visible, and measurable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Birhanu Workneh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN Plus-July 7, 2026 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) announced that Ethiopia\u2019s gold sector has developed the capacity to generate USD 5.5 billion in export revenue within a single year, describing the achievement as a major milestone in the country\u2019s economic transformation. The Prime Minister made the remarks while responding to questions from members of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-ethiopia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3684,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3682\/revisions\/3684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}