Strategic thinking for Ethiopian finance

Module 01 / 5 · 60 min · Free preview

Read the forces reshaping Ethiopian finance and turn them into scenarios and clear strategic choices for your unit.

In this module you will learn to

Explain how a senior leader's job shifts from running operations to setting direction
Apply PESTEL to the post-2024 Ethiopian financial system
Use the five forces to judge competitive pressure on a banking business line
Build scenarios for foreign bank entry, consolidation and digital competition and pick no-regret moves

Built on

Erudite Africa training module: Ethiopian Context, topic 4.c Strategic Leadership and Change Management, Level 2 Intermediate (October 2026)
NBE directives as listed in the lessons: FXD/01/2024, SBB/89/2024, SBB/91/2024, SBB/93/2025, SBB/94/2025, NBE/INT/13/2026; minimum capital rule SBB/78/2021 as reported
Banking Business Proclamation No. 1360/2025 and Labour Proclamation No. 1156/2019
NBE Monetary Policy Committee meeting No. 7 press release (July 2026)
Digital Ethiopia strategy and the Ten Year Development Plan (2021 to 2031)
Management frameworks: Kotter's eight steps, Prosci ADKAR, the Kaplan and Norton balanced scorecard, Porter's five forces, the GROW coaching model

Examples and organizations are fictional. Apply your own organization's approved policies.