Ethiopia

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    Report: African Countries Are Becoming More Open to Each Other.

    The latest report by Visa Openness Index shows African countries are becoming more open to each other, with indications that travel within the continent is getting easier. In this 3rd edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index Report 2018 published by the African Development Bank and the Africa Union Commission,...
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    Meet 19-Year-Old Ethiopian Tech Prodigy, Betelhem Dessie

    19-Year-Old Ethiopian Tech Prodigy, Betelhem Dessie is leading the charge to get more young Ethiopian women into coding and Artificial Intelligence. In Ethiopia, 19-year-old Betelhem Dessie has quickly risen from a young pioneer to a leading figure in the tech community. She handles five projects and has seven patents...
  • SolarKiosk | A Modular Business Unit for Africa

    SolarKiosk, a modular business unit for Africa and off–grid areas anywhere in the world, recently opened its first kiosk near Lake Langano, Ethiopia.   Following a period of design and planning, a privately financed company was formed to prepare the product for serial production by building prototypes and running...
  • Google Africa: Investment in Africa to Enhance Innovation

    Internet giant; Google intends to invest in innovation and get more users online by developing an accessible, relevant and sustainable internet ecosystem. According to the Policy and Government Relations Manager for Google Africa, Ory Okolloh, this will bring about merging innovations technology and the productive technology. Speaking on Friday...
  • Perspectives on Traveling Within Africa | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

    On February 12th, I left Accra en-route to Nairobi to work on a project by Blogging Ghana on Ethiopian Airways with a 3hr lay-over in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We touched down at Bole International Airport (formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport) at approximately 20:45 GMT+1 local time....