The leading bank in Ethiopia, established in 1942. Pioneer to introduce modern banking to the country with more than 1842 branches and more than 39M accounts across the country. | Commercial Bank of Ethiopia

The history of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) dates back to the establishment of the State Bank of Ethiopia in 1942. CBE was legally established as a share company in 1963. In 1974, CBE merged with the privately owned Addis Ababa Bank. Since then, it has been playing significant roles in the development of the country. Currently CBE has more than 35 million account holders in its more than 1842 branches and the number of Mobile and Internet Banking users also reached more than 5.5 million as o