Local Production of Edible Oil Gets USD 21 Million Boost
Norfund and a consortium of private investors managed by 54 Capital announce USD 21 million growt...
Gates Foundation CEO Announces Largest-Ever Annual Budget
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman announced the foundation will spend US$8....
Implementing the AfCFTA Agreement will Boost intra-African Trade and Industrialization
The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) should be expedited as the...
Japanese Venture capitalist to invest in Ethiopian startups with a $100 million budget
The Tokyo-based venture capital firm Inclusion Japan (ICJ) in partnership with the early-stage st...
Kassmasse Brings Home a Win from AFRIMA
Kassmasse wins Best Male Arits from East Africa at the 8th AFRIMA for his Sewasew song. The award...
10 Million Healthcare Workers Shortage by End of Decade
The shortage of healthcare workers could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting a...
D!NK TV to be Creatives Playground
D!NK TV is a digital media platform and ecosystem exclusively dedicated to connecting local Ethio...
AFRIMA Launches #HopeForSomalia Campaign
In line with its philosophy and character as an impact-driven social initiative, the All Africa M...
Fuel Price Goes Up
New fuel price has been implimeteded since January 8, 2023, according to the Ministry of Trade an...
Boosts for African Tech Entrepreneurs’ place in Global Marketplace
Exporting to international markets is a powerful way for African tech startups to increase their ...
Climate Change Close and Personal
EIB Climate Survey shows that : 88% of African respondents believe that climate change is...
KEEP WALKING AFRICA TOP 30: THE ROUND TABLE SPECIAL TO AIR ON TRACE
Johannesburg, November XX, 2022: Five of Africa’s cultural giants – ...
SAMI DAN TO CELEBRATE THE 'MOMENT'
Ethiopian reggae artist, Sami Dan, celebrated the release of his new album at the Marriot Hotel i...
HIP HOP ARTIST, KASSMASSE, JOINS THE JOHNNIE WALKER™ GLOBAL CAST.
Hip hop artist, Kassmasse has joined the international cast of top talent signed to Johnnie Walke...
Help Accelerate Progress in Health, Agriculture, Gender Equality and Other Critical Areas
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reaffirmed the foundation’...
The Keep Walking: Africa Top 30 List Announced
Johannesburg, October 25, 2022: The recipients in the inaugural Keep Walking: Af...
Digaf Microcredit Providers signs MoU with the Ethiopian Ministry of Labour and Skills
Digaf Microcredit Providers, a technology-driven micro-finance institute, has si...
SATO donates 30,000 hand washing equipment to UNICEF
(Addis Ababa, October 13, 2022) LIXIL has completed the renovation of school toilets and hand was...
Johnnie Walker and Trace partner to launch the Keep Walking: Africa Top 30 list of cultural shape shifters
Johannesburg, September 27, 2022: Johnnie Walker™ and Trace have partnered...
Efficiency is more important than ownership” Somaliland Finance Minister
Efficiency is more important than ownership said Somaliland's Finance Minister, Saad Ali Shir...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Board of Trustees
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation appointed a board of trustees, with Strive Masiyiwa, Baro...
FOUNDATION ANNUAL LETTER 2022
We begin 2022 at a pivotal moment for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the world. The ...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Pledge US$300 Million for COVID-19 Response
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome each pledged US$150 million for a total...
Tena Oil expands production by 130% and announces Plans to Create 500 new Jobs By 2023, the refinery plant increases the Oil Supply by 400%
08 October, 2021 Dukem – Ethiopia) 54 Capital a Conglomerate producing the most Popular Edi...
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Finds Stark Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts
SEATTLE (September 13, 2021) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its f...
DP WORLD AND SOMALILAND OPENS NEW TERMINAL AT BERBERA PORT, ANNOUNCE SECOND PHASE EXPANSION AND BREAK GROUND FOR ECONOMIC ZONE
Berbera Port’s new container terminal inaugurated, has capacity for 500,000 TEU...
Total is Transforming and Becoming TotalEnergies
Paris, May 28, 2021– At the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’...
MASTERCARD FOUNDATION TO DEPLOY $1.3 BILLION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA CDC TO SAVE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – June 8, 2021 –...
The emerging start-up scene in Ethiopia:10 young impact companies to present themselves at The Good Business Demo Day on 7th June
In the spring TGB started as a COVID response initiative for Ethiopian companies with two
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TOTAL PARTNERS WITH TOMOCA COFFEE AND SEFA TYRE SERVICE IN ITS STATION IN ETHIOPIA
May 19, 2021, Total Ethiopia launches a new coffee shop and tyre service in its service station i...
DP World Launches E-commerce Platform Opening a New Digital Trade Corridor for Ethiopia.
Trade enabler DP World is set to launch ...
Three Steps Towards More Resilient and Inclusive Post-COVID-19 Economies
In the year since COVID-19 hit, economies across Africa have experienced a dramatic slowdown. Eve...
Is the Horn of Africa Under Threat of Losing Foreign Direct Investment?
Thirteen presidential and legislative elections are scheduled to take place in Africa during the ...
DP World Berbera Reaches Another Milestone in Development of Berbera Port
DP World Berbera, a regional maritime hub in the Horn of Africa, today welcomed the arrival of thre...
NESTLÉ CERELAC Back in Ethiopia, Bigger and Stronger
Nestlé Ethiopia has relaunched its popular infant cereal brand, NESTLÉ CERELAC into...
African Union member states accelerates online vaccine pre-orders
The Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team [AVATT], set up by the African Union to acquire addition...
Let’s Talk Meat: Where Do You Go to Fix Your Raw Meat Cravings?
People in Addis Ababa are serious about their meat and they are usually loyal to one or two butch...
Global action is the only way to get ahead of COVID-19
By Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
The Year Global Health went Local: Gates Foundation Annual Letter
“COVID-19 has cost lives, sickened millions, and thrust the global economy into a devastati...
ROCKSTONE enters its first real-estate market in Ethiopia with one billion birr investment
ROCKSTONE Ethiopia has committed One Billion Birr to building KEFITA, a G+20 exclusive apartment ...
Djibouti: Just another country blinded by Chinese money?
Djibouti’s future diversification of its economy through foreign investment continues to be...
Small-scale Traders at the Heart of Efforts to Accelerate Trade and Investment
Industry experts meeting this week for a virtual discussion focused on resetting, retooling and r...
Why You Should Eat Fasting Food Everyday
A vegan or plant-based diet excludes all animal products, including meat, dairy, and eggs. When p...
Ginger Everything, Thank Us Later
Most of us put ginger in our tea and it is also one of the main ingredients in making Berbere (a ...
UNIDO ITPO OFF-Grid Expo, Conference Digital with a Focus on Energy Poverty
OFF-GRID Expo + Conference 2020 hosts its first digital edition in partnership with ...
Governance Progress Slow in Africa, 2020 IIAG Shows
Ethiopia is ranked at 31st out of 54 countries on the 2020 Ibrahim Index of African Governance th...
25 young African Agripreneurs Advance to ‘boot camp’ in AfDB’s Competition
Twenty-five young African agripreneurs have advanced to the “boot camp” final round o...
Unmatched Investment Returns in Africa Despite the Challenges, says AIF
Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Senior Director Chinelo Anohu last week joined business leaders in ...
Prime Bank launches SimbaPay - International Money Transfer
Prime Bank, a private bank in Kenya, has partnered with London-based FinTech SimbaPay, to launch ...
Key Health Services in Africa Heavily Affected due to COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to key health services in Africa, raising worries th...
African Development Bank Supports the Rwanda Coding Academy
The African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation...
Turmeric It! for These 10 Reasons
Eat it in your food, drink it in your tea or put it on your face; this versatile spice is...
Gulf Based Brand MASER increasing ties to Africa through Innovation
Having recently received capital injection from a British private equity firm, Prateek Suri, foun...
Admassu Tadesse, TDB President Join Keynote Lineup at Africa Fintech Summit 2020
A three-day virtual event held this November 9, 10, and 12, Africa Fintech Summit 2020 will open ...
14th Edition of Addis International Film Festival
Initiative Africa is back with the 14th edition of Addis International Film Festival (AIFF) that ...
COVID-19 Driving Innovation in Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has galvanized the development of more than 120 health technology innovatio...
African payments for African development
The statistics that hover uncertainty around Africa are not ones that should make the continent p...
The story and drive behind the creation of Dimbit
The animation industry has developed rapidly as a result of new technology and marke...
Jack Dorsey to Keynote at Africa Fintech Summit 2020
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Square, Inc Jack Dorsey is announced as the closing keynote for t...
New platform brings Free, Premium eLearning to Africa’s Jobseekers
atingi.org, a free-to-use eLearning platform...
HYATT Regency to open in Cape Town coming December
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement...
Director of Africa CDC becomes winner of the 2020 Global Goalkeeper Award
Dr. John N. Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa...
Annual Goalkeepers Report shows COVID-19 has stalled 20 years of progress towards SDGs
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched its fourth annual ...
African Development Bank ranks 4th on global index of transparency
Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank fourth out of 47 global development...
Dangote cement sustains 54,000 jobs in 4 African countries
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has said that despite the challenging economic sit...
Sudan embraces digital payments to build a more inclusive economy
As part of its vision to transform its economy, the Republic of Sudan announced a new commitment ...
Festering Sickness
What is more tangible than the right to health? Health is immediate and demanding. Sickness disto...
A good Tian
Open up Google (or if you’re a paranoid psychopath like me, DuckDuckGo) and search for Tian...
PepsiCo partners with The Mekedonia Humanitarian Association
PepsiCo partners with The Mekedonia Humanitarian Association to distribute more than ...
Africa Business Heroes 2020
The ANPI is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic entrepreneur program in...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $1.6 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
SEATTLE (June 4, 2020) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a five-yea...
Gemcorp, once again found reliable by the Public Procurement and Property Disposal service (PPPDS)
Addis Ababa – May 20, 2020 – UK based Gemcorp announced today that it has won yet ano...
Splice Responsibly
The act of god(s) is the act of creation. Countless religions have myths recounting the genesis o...
Warning: Oil producing African countries need to diversify economy
If there is one thing that the current COVID-19 and oil prices crises have demonstrated, it is th...
Ireland becomes a shareholder in the African Development Bank Group
The Republic of Ireland has become the African Development Bank Group’s 81st shareholder, f...
Tariku Shiferaw’s “One of These Black Boys” to be showcased in Frieze New York
Addis Fine Art announced its participation in Frieze New York 2020 for the first time, presenting...
Access Mental Health: As Easy as Tapping on Your Phone
Mental health includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we thi...
Facebook expanding its COVID-19 Information Center to more countries
Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Center to 24 more countries in Africa as part o...
Gates Foundation Stepping up for Global COVID-19 Response
It is to be recalled that Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed more than USD 250 million t...
Total Ethiopia contributes 17 Million ETB to fight against COVID-19
Since the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19 Total Ethiopia management is joining hands with is st...
Gender and Ebola: Lessons for COVID-19
Faced with the looming specter of the COVID – 19 pandemic, it is of utmost importance that ...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces additional funding of USD 150 million to help fight COVID-19
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced an additional funding of USD 150 million to the g...
Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative application officially launched; prize money upped by 500k
Applications for the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), spearheaded by the Jack Ma Founda...
World leaders call on G20 to act immediately in response to COVID-19
165 past and present leaders call on the G20 to approve now USD 8bn emergency global
healt...
Medical Supplies for Africa from Jack Ma Foundation Arrived in Addis Ababa
Cargo flight containing over 6 million medical items including face masks, test ...
Hackathon Workshop on “A Digital Solution for Efficient Vote Counting and the Announcement of Election Results” in Ethiopia
Ethiopia Hacks! is conducted in partnership with the Google Developers Group (GDG- Addis) and the...
Bill and Melinda Gates Release 2020 Annual Letter
Addis Ababa – February 10, 2020
Today, Bill and Melinda Gates shared their 2020 A...
How to successfully seize Africa’s many opportunities
How to successfully seize Africa’s many opportunities
By Jordan ...
Anti-Illicit Trade discussions held in Harar: Stopping Contraband requires the efforts of all stakeholders
On January 16, 2020, Customs Commission, in collaboration with Spotlight Communication and Marketing...
Alibaba Netpreneur Ethiopia
17th December 2019
Alibaba Netpreneur Training Program Opens Applications for Ethiopian...
Global Business Forum Africa 2019
Heads of state, ministers, policymakers, prominent business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs ...
The Ethiopia Electric Utility company (EEU) partners with Motorola Solutions to keep employees safe and improve service for customers.
The Ethiopia Electric Utility company (EEU) announced today the deployment of a new mission-critical...
Federal Police Commission deployed a Motorola Solutions secure communications system in the region of greater Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian Federal Police Commission announced the deployment of Addis Ababa’s regional proj...
The Economist Event’s Global Illicit Trade, Addis Ababa, June 25th.
Addis Ababa, June 19th, 2019 - The Economist Events brings Global Illicit Tr...
Asia Star of IMD World Competitiveness Ranking
Singapore has ranked as the world’s most competitive economy for the first time since 2010,...
Noble Cup to the Rescue
Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD, MH Day in short) is an annual awarness day on May 28 to put the ...
Have you seen her?
Ayehuat phenomena is running wild across Addis Ababa. People got caught off guard when beautiful ...
When Tradition and Creativity Meet
On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, hundreds gathered at the National Theater to celebrate the one yea...
UN Entities Support Ethiopia’s Quest for Policy Coherence for the SDGs
The United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Develo...
Removal of Trade Barriers Inside Africa Necessary, says DP World Group Chairman
The key to African economic emergence lies in removal of barriers, increased connectivity between...
Looking for fine dining and cozy lounging?
One of the most memorable times of my university years was hanging out at Romina Café and ...
Op-Ed: Ethiopian Artefacts Held Hostage in Britain
Britain, home to some of the most fascinating and multicultural museums in the world, fin...
Chelina in All Her Truth
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. Chelina released her...
New App to Help Ethiopian Women Identify Breast Cancer
According to research, breast cancer is the second most often occurring cancer among wome...
How Agricultural Investment Affects Africa's Economic Growth
The lack of commitment in agriculture investment is halting economic growth in Africa...
The Next Creative Capital
Ethiopia is the fastest growing economy in the world. It is undeniable that fashion is cu...
