borkenaThe amount of remittance transfer to Ethiopia from the Diaspora in the past five months is said to be about $1.6 billion. - Advertisement -It is the Ethiopian Diaspora Agency that disclosed about it in a statement sent to state media, Ethiopian News Agency. Apart from the remittance, Ethiopians in the diaspora have donated about 400 million Ethiopian birr to support those impacted by the war in the Afar and Amhara regions. Furthermore, the Ethiopian Diaspora is said to have contributed about 103 million birr support ( in cash and in kind) to the Ethiopian Defence Force. In the past five months, members of the diaspora community with a 22.4 billion birr registered capital have expressed interest.

Source: Ethiopian News December 31, 2021 09:05 UTC