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Fri, April 19th, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Afro-entrepreneurship can enable continent catch-up, says report

A new Omidyar Network report states Africa’s position can be elevated with the formalisation of entrepreneurship, despite its reputation for continually lagging behind the rest of the world. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Ethiopia installs SMS system to simplify imports

The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprises (ESLSE) has installed a text message based system to notify importers of the arrival of their goods at the port. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 08:25 · Elly Okutoyi

Ethiopian government spying on political activists

A report released by the Citizen Lab has indicated the Ethiopian government is using spyware to monitor political activists and opposition groups in the country. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 08:05 · Vincent Matinde

Ethiopia to begin construction of Ethio ICT park

Ethiopia has begun the construction of an ICT park that will cost ETB5 billion (US$270 million) and is funded by the government. → Read more
Tue, March 19th, 07:33 · Elly Okutoyi

Samsung to launch assembly plant in Ethiopia

Global electronics manufacturing giant, Samsung, will open a laptop and printer assembly plant in Ethiopia over the next few months. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 18:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Ericsson launches school broadband project in Ethiopia

Ericsson has launched a new broadband project in Ethiopia, in a bid to improve Internet services in the country’s schools. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 16:29 · Vincent Matinde

US energy developer to start 400 megawatts wind project in Ethiopia

Ethiopia will get a 400MW boost to its grid once US wind energy developer American Terra Global Energy Developers launches a clean energy project in the country. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 14:33 · Gabriella Mulligan

Ethiopian telecoms sector amongst most corrupt in country

The telecommunications sector in Ethiopia is one of the most prone to corruption, according to a much-anticipated World Bank report which shines light on the role of state-run operator Ethio-Telecom. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 11:36 · Tom Jackson

Ethiopian government finally approves mobile money

The Ethiopian government has finally given its approval to the launch of a mobile money service in the country, clearing the way for the first mobile banking product to launch later this month. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 15:33 · HumanIPO

Rooftops targeted for Ethiopia antenna upgrades

Buildings in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa could be forced to open their rooftops for antennae installation as part of telecommunication improvements. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 11:17 · Brandon Gregory

Ethio Telecom to roll out LTE in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s monopoly telecommunications provider has claimed the country can expect Long Term Evolution (LTE) by 2015, bringing fast mobile Internet. → Read more
Fri, November 23rd, 11:55 · Robin Okuthe

Ethiopia seeks partnership with Safaricom to use M-Pesa

Ethiopia’s government has made advances to Kenyan telecom firm Safaricom seeking assistance on ways it can shape up its mobile money and telephony market. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:52 · Tefo Mohapi

Illiterate Ethiopian children manage to hack Android

In an interesting statement, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) founder Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the illiterate Ethiopian children they had given the locked down Motorola Xoom tablets earlier this year have within five months not only started teaching themselves English, but managed to bypass the security on the tablet’s operating system to customize settings and to activate disabled hardware such as the camera. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 11:53 · Kamau Mbote

Retrogressive laws inhibiting Ethiopian Internet penetration

In the last one decade, Ethiopia has experienced the least Internet growth in Africa, statistics from Internetworldstats.com shows. → Read more