Since taking office in April, Abiy has turned politics and the economy on its head in the nation of 100 million people. The dollar shortage has also dissuaded international firms from investing out of fear they will struggle to repatriate profits. Since earlier this year, essential items including insulin, blood pressure medication and infant formula have become scarce. A decade-long infrastructure push aimed at industrialising the overwhelmingly agrarian nation to create jobs has as a side-effect exacerbated the dollar shortage.
