Ethiopia’s Sovereign-Guarantee Rules Increase Focus on Contract Governance

Ethiopia’s Regulation No. 590/2026, discussed in reporting published on 19 October, enables the Ministry of Finance to issue sovereign guarantees for qualifying strategic projects under specified conditions. The policy is intended to help make infrastructure and industrial investments more attractive to lenders, but the report did not specify a monetary ceiling for guarantees. Legal advisers, lenders and project owners can explore opportunities in contract review, due diligence and regulatory compliance. HPC can support secure document workflows, compliance analytics and project-governance reporting; no separate legal-services contract price was announced.