Five-year eGovernment Strategy in the Pipeline
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has begun preparing an e-Government Strategy and a corresponding Enterprise Architecture in a bid to offer user-friendly digital services to its citizens.
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Gebeya Inc Partners Mastercard Foundation to Equip Ethiopia’s Future Entrepreneurs
Gebeya Inc. and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a new program in a bid to equip 100 Ethiopian entrepreneurs with their own multi-sided gig marketplaces.
ECA’s Origin Initiative to Back Innovation Labs in East Africa
An Origin Initiative for East Africa has been launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in a bid to provide guidance for implementing original research and innovation labs for entrepreneurial universities in the region.
Ethio Telecom Moves to Empower Tech-based Local Startups
ADDIS ABABA – Ethio Telecom has launched a new program to provide support to local startups with innovative business ideas in digital finance and technology.
Ethio Telecom, Partners Start Cloud, Music Streaming Services
ADDIS ABABA – Ethio Telecom has signed partnership agreements with three different companies to jointly launch cloud solutions, Music streaming, and Teledrive mobile data services.
EthioDirect: CBE Unveils Digital Remittance Service
ADDIS ABABA – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), has launched a digital international money transfer service via the ‘EthioDirect’ mobile-based platform.
CropConex to Start Trading Ethiopian Coffee online after Securing License
ADDIS ABABA – The government of Ethiopia has licensed CropConex, a US coffee trading firm, as the first E-Commerce Platform Operator in the country.
Official: Safety Feature Failure Behind ET 302 Crash
ADDIS ABABA – The Ministry of Transport and Logistics has issued its final investigation report faulting safety feature failure for the Boeing 737-8 Max airplane
Sahle-Work Discuss Tech Education Interventions with iCog-ACC CEO
President Sahle-Work Zewde spoke with Betelhem Dessie, founder and CEO of iCog-ACC, about tech education aimed at enabling Ethiopian kids and youth to compete with the fast-paced digital world.
African Women in Tech: Tanzania’s Ujana Wins Inaugural Startup Competition
ADDIS ABABA – Ujana, a Tanzanian e-commerce platform for Sexual-Reproductive health supplies, won the first edition of the Tech African Women (TAW) program – a