The Ethiopians returning home to start businesses

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Check out this piece about the hundreds of Ethiopians returning to the country, following reforms brought in by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Mr Abiy's reforms include changing the law to enable more Ethiopians living abroad to come back and help rebuild the economy.

For years, Ethiopia's economy has been tightly controlled by the state and closed to many international investors.

About two million Ethiopians live in the diaspora, the government estimates.

Abiy Bister owns an Ethiopian restaurant in Washington DC. He hasn't seen his homeland in almost two decades, but he's now considering returning to Ethiopia to start a business there.