Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation which has also been petitioning for Islamic financial products for well over a decade, has in the last few years welcomed three fully-fledged Islamic banks and is now in the process of building an Islamic capital market. NESSREEN TAMANO writes an overview of the interest-free banking and finance landscape in the country, which is expected to further grow in the coming years. Financial inclusion Ethiopia has over 123 million people (as at 2022), approximately 31%....