Tag: Technology
Commission unveils locally developed software to monitor, evaluate national plans
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MinT) has launched a new software that services the Planning and Development Commission to effectively evaluate and monitor key development goals of the country.
Huawei expands support
Huawei Technologies is expanding its support to Ethiopia to aid in the country’s capability to fight the COVID-19 with a slew of medical donations and technological support.
Local Tech firm launches Ethiopia’s first crowd-funding platform
A local tech firm, BT Net Technology PLC, has launched the first-ever support platform for crowd-funding in Ethiopia. An online platform dubbed ‘Degafi’ is designed to enable individuals, charities and start-ups, publicly raise funds for their projects.
Ethiopia partners Facebook
Facebook is teaming up with the Government of Ethiopia to help inform millions of Ethiopians with what it says will be “valid and up to date information on COVID–19.” To that end, there is to be a WhatsApp Business API that will be used as a hotline with an online “chatbot”.
Nigerian firm buys local tech company
Owned by Ethiopian-American entrepreneurs, Apposit LLC, a local technology company known to build innovative software’s, has been bought by Paga (Pagatech limited) – a Nigerian based company known to provide an electronic payment system to Nigeria.
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Sport commission signs deal to renovate Addis Ababa stadium
The Ethiopian Sports Commission signed an agreement with Friends Engineering PLC on Thursday, June 17, 2021 to renovate Addis Ababa stadium.
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Fixing Addis light rail may cost at least $60 million
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Cash shortage forces Tigray banks to limit withdrawals
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