Key Takeaways:
• Birr 40.7bn — Awash Bank reported gross profit for the 2025/26 financial year.
• Birr 622bn — total assets climbed in Awash Bank’s latest annual results.
• Birr 467.8bn — total deposits reached this level during the reporting year.
• Birr 38.5bn — paid-up capital increased after the bank’s ESX listing.
• 37.9m shares — Awash Bank listed on the ESX Main Market in April 2026.
• AWAB — Awash Bank trades under this ticker symbol on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange.
• Awash became the third commercial bank to list after Wegagen Bank and Gedaa Bank.
Market Impact:
Awash Bank’s first full-year results since listing on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange give investors another large banking-sector benchmark in Ethiopia’s emerging capital market. The reported increase in deposits, assets and paid-up capital shows continued balance-sheet expansion as banks move into a more formal securities environment.
The bank’s April 2026 listing of 37.9 million shares under the AWAB ticker also strengthens the visibility of bank equities on the ESX Main Market. For investors, the results provide a larger data point for comparing listed financial institutions as Ethiopia’s capital market develops.
Key Numbers:
Birr 40.7bn — Gross profit — 2025/26 annual performance marker
Birr 622bn — Total assets — balance-sheet scale
Birr 467.8bn — Total deposits — funding-base strength
Birr 38.5bn — Paid-up capital — capital position
Birr 18.7bn — 2024/25 profit — prior-year comparison
37.9m shares — ESX-listed shares — market listing scale
April 2026 — ESX listing date — capital-market milestone
Business Signal:
Awash Bank’s results reinforce the banking sector’s central role in Ethiopia’s new securities market, giving investors a larger listed benchmark for bank performance.