Former Director

Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi Zeidy  is the current Director of the COMESA Monetary Institute. He set up the COMESA Monetary Institute which became operational in March 2011. Previously, he worked as a Senior Monetary Economist at the COMESA Secretariat, in Lusaka, Zambia for 11 years and as a Director of Research in National Bank of Ethiopia which is the country’s Central Bank for 6 years.

In both institutions, he worked as a researcher and coordinated research activities. He also organized many knowledge sharing workshops on Monetary and Financial Intergration issues.

In his current role, Mr. Zeidy is responsible for the implementation of the COMESA Monetary Cooperation programme which is aimed at ultimately achieving the COMESA Monetary Union.

Mr. Zeidy has M. Phil Degree in Monetary Economics from Glasgow University, with about 30 years of experience on macroeconomic policy and financial sector issues. He participated in many international and regional conference and workshops.

He has also written and co-author several documents such as:

• Fiscal Policy and Inclusive Growth by Ibrahim A. Zeidy
• Climate Change and Inclusive Growth – Special Report by Ibrahim A. Zeidy
• The Ethiopian Interest Rate Policy of July 1986 – By Ibrahim A. Zeidy
• RFIGovernors Symposium on the Role of Financial Integration by Ibrahim Zeidy
• RFIGovernors Symposium on RFI and Export Competitiveness by Ibrahim Zeidy
• The Role of Financial Technology by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Progress and Challenges of the COMESA Monetary Integration Program by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Capital Market Solutions that help mobilise financing for SMEs by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Potential constraints for PPP in Africa by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Implication of COVID-19 Pandemic on Debt for Sub-Saharan African Countries USE by Ibrahim Zeidy
• The Role of Export Diversification for Economic Growth and Employment Creation in Africa by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Role of Regional Financial Integration in Promotion Growth, Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa
• Development of Domestic Financial Institutions for Inclusive Growth in Africa
• Financial Policy Interventions in Africa in the Light of the Economic Impact
• Impact of Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Africa by Ibrahim A. Zeidy
• Challenges of Monetary Policy in a Period of Uncertainty by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Fiscal Policy Responses Limit COVID-19 Economic Damage by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Constraints and Prospects for Integration of Capital Markets in COMESA by Ibrahim Zeidy
• COMESA Experiences in Macroeconomic Convergence by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Unconventional Monetary Policy Tools Deployed to Address the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 by Ibrahim A. Zeidy
• Impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs in Africa by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Macroeconomic Impacts of COVID 19 in Sub-Saharan- Africa by Ibrahim Zeidy
• The Role of Trade Finance in Promoting Trade and the Implications of Covid-19 by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Inclusive Finance for Growth and Development by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Data Requirements for Undertaking MFSF in the COMESA Region by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Progress Report on COMESA Monetary Integration by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Best practice for increasing Donor funds absorption
• CMI paper on Domestic Resource Mobilisation by Ibrahim Zeidy and Dr. Lucas Kamau Njoroge
• Inclusive Growth paper-Oct26 by Ibrahim Zeidy, Dr. Lucas Njoroge and Mr. Yusuf Atiku Abdalla
• Value Chain as a Vehicle for Development in Africa by Ibrahim Zeidy
• FSI Analysis for Selected COMESA Member Countries – English by Dr. Lucas Kamau Njoroge
• A Proposal for Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme in COMESA by Ibrahim Zeidy and Dr. Berhane Tewolde 
• Proposal for Appropriate Monetary Policy Regimes for COMESA 2013-Final By Ibrahim A. Zeidy, Nicholas Korir and Zorodzo Chuma 
• National and Cross Border Payment Systems – Concepts, Country Experiences and Lessons for COMESA by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Reform of Tax Regimes for Promotion of Investment in Africa – The Case of Ethiopia by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Survey of Socio-economic Performance in Ethiopia 1990 – 1998 by Ibrahim Zeidy
• Issues in Domestic Resource Mobilization in the Context of Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) with particular Reference to Ethiopia  by Ibrahim Zeidy