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Abay Bank-Gondar Disrtict office
Finance · Finance
Industry Information
- Industry Type
- Finance
- Established
- July 14, 2010
- Region
- amhara
- Address
- Bleko Area, Gondar City, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Description
Abay Bank, established on July 14, 2010, is a leading financial institution in Ethiopia. The bank started its official operations on November 4, 2010, with a subscribed capital of Birr 174.5 million and a paid-up capital of Birr 125.8 million. The bank’s founding members were 823, and as of June 30, 2025, the number of shareholders has increased to 4,651. The Bank’s paid-up capital has also increased to Birr 7.013 billion.
Products & Services
Credit and saving services
Company Profile
- Sector
- Finance
- Company Size
- Large
- Nearby City
- Gondar
- Nearby University / TVET
- Gondar University
- Contact Person
- Mr.Birara Semagn
- Technology Status
- Automated
Academia–Industry Partnership
- Linkage
- Yes
- HETRIIL Plan
- No
- Internship Capacity
- A total of 60 interns in the fields of Accounting and Finance, Economics, and Management.
- Externship Capacity
- 11 externs in the fields of Accounting and Finance, Economics, and Management.
- Cooperative Training Capacity
- A total of 45 trainees in areas such as customer service, credit analysis, leadership, ethics, human resource management, communication, legal affairs, marketing, and the bank’s internal procedures and strategies.
- Linkage Achievements
- The collaboration with the university has resulted in fair and transparent recruitment of employees, while also enabling students to gain awareness of the bank’s operations.
Industry Demand
- Externship Demand
- 11 externs in communication and leadership
- Cooperative Training Demand
- 45 trainees in communication and leadership skills development
- Technology Gap
- There is a need to develop digital platform for facilitating credit
- Joint Applied Research
- Customer satisfaction surveys have been identified as an applied research area for collaboration with the university.
- Consultancy Demand
- No consultancy demand is reported by the the bank at the district level
- Priority Collaboration Theme
- Collaboration priority areas include conducting joint research on customer satisfaction, alongside training in communication, leadership, customer service, credit analysis, ethics, human resource management, legal affairs, marketing, and the bank’s internal procedures and strategies. In addition, internship opportunities for students in the fields of Accounting and Finance, Economics, and Management.
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