Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa-based fintech company Chapa Financial Technologies has launched a new payment gateway service connecting Ethiopia to the global economy, designed to simplify secure financial transactions for businesses and government organisations
Africa Ethiopia The US will send a special envoy to Ethiopia to call for an end to fighting in the northern Tigray region and has condemned neighbouring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict
Africa Ethiopia With the sale of eight sugar mills, the country intends to relieve local millers of state support and improve local production, reducing dependence on the state treasury for funding
Africa Ethiopia The Ethiopian Girl Skaters, the first skate group for girls, train in Addis Ababa every Saturday; it was born a year ago thanks to social networks and an appeal spread via a simple flyer
Africa Ethiopia Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have warned that insecurity is causing churches to close and forcing more priests and nuns to flee their monasteries
Africa Ethiopia The United Arab Emirates, through the Famine Relief Fund, has made a $6 million contribution to UNICEF’s specific response for children in Ethiopia
Africa Ethiopia According to Unicef, the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa is reversing decades of civil progress made in combating early marriage and female genital mutilation across Ethiopia
Africa Ethiopia The Addis Ababa government recently launched the fourth phase of the Green Legacy initiative, launched in 2019, which aims to achieve the target of 20 billion trees planted in four years by the end of 2022
Africa Ethiopia Domestic wheat production is expected to increase by 70% this year following the campaign aimed at strengthening cultivation to curb supply chain problems related to the war in Ukraine and domestic drought - the Ministry of Agriculture announced
Africa Ethiopia The private social enterprise Teki Paper Bags, run by young deaf Ethiopian women, will use a USAID $550.000 grant to turn the fight against pollution and plastic bags into an employment opportunity for young people with disabilities
Africa Ethiopia Last week, more than 4.500 people were arrested in the state of Amhara, officially to protect citizens; opposition parties and media report that Addis Ababa also targeted activists and independent journalists
Africa Ethiopia The World Bank has approved a $300 million allocation for post-conflict reconstruction in Ethiopia, to rehabilitate communities, infrastructure and support community resilience
Africa Ethiopia To better respond to the challenges of domestic and foreign markets, the country should focus on diversifying imports in the opinion of Professor Berhanu Denu, teaching Economics at Addis Ababa University