Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) is the largest commercial bank in Ethiopia As of June 2015, it had about 303.6 billion Birr in assets and held approximately 67% of deposits and about 53% of all bank loans in the country. The bank has around 22,908 employees, who staff its headquarters and its over 1000+ branches positioned in the main cities and regional towns. The latter include 120 branches in the national capital Addis Ababa. The bank also operates two branches in South Sudan, and is contemplating opening re-opening a branch in Djibouti, and opening branches in Dubai and Washington, DC, all to serve the Ethiopian diaspora.