There is “no timeline” for restoring internet access to the embattled Tigray region, reported a senior Ethiopian government official saying. Tigray’s internet service will be restored along with its phone and electricity services, though no timeline has been set for those goals, Belete Molla, Ethiopia’s minister for innovation and technology, said on Tuesday at the […]
The African Development Fund has approved a $13.95 million grant to the Government of Ethiopia to implement the first phase of a livelihood improvement project for pastoralist communities in Ethiopia’s drylands. The project, Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods Program is expected to enhance access to climate-resilient, gender-sensitive integrated and sustainable water and sanitation […]
Ethiopia’s envoy to the United States says American investors need to explore opportunities in the energy and agriculture sectors which are flourishing in his country. Dr. Seleshi Bekele Awulachew who is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the USA speaking in Los Angeles extolled the benefits of doing business in Ethiopia. He said multiple […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to improving the standards of medical service delivery in the war-affected health facilities in northern Ethiopia. On Wednesday WHO donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau. The ambulance was procured with funding from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as part of […]
David Buringi, This year’s World AIDS day is being celebrated under the theme and call to action “Equalize”. The UN agency, UNAIDS, is urging every one of us to tackle inequalities that perpetuate the AIDS pandemic in the world. UNAIDS has urged stakeholders to increase access to suitable services in the prevention, testing and treatment […]
KAMPALA, UGANDA – 30 November 2022: dfcu Bank has partnered with CR2, a global-leading banking software company to upgrade its ATM, Card and Payments Management Platform. The partnership between dfcu and CR2 will build the Bank’s technological capability and will start by enhancing the customer experience across cards, ATMs, and payments. Speaking at the signing […]
KAMPALA, WEDNESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2022: The 7th African Petroleum Data Management Forum Conference (APDMF) has officially opened at the Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo – Kampala, with a call to participating countries to make petroleum data more valuable. The APDMF comprises of representatives from key government entities from different countries concerned with policy, regulatory and commercial aspects […]
Somalia’s economy is expected to grow by 2.7 percent in 2022, down from 2.9 percent in 2021, amid a global environment characterized by multiple shocks, high volatility and uncertainty, the World Bank projected on Tuesday. The World Bank’s latest Somalia Economic Update report says a recovery in demand is expected in 2023 when most of […]
The Somali National Communications Authority (NCA) issued Hormuud Telecom with the country’s first spectrum licence closing its vetting processing which began earlier this year, a move to promote open markets, competition, and investment in the telecoms sector. In a statement, Hormuud detailed it won the rights to use the following frequency bands: 700MHz, 800MHz, 900MHz, […]
Ahmed Abdullahi Mohamud, a father of four, has been teaching in a private school in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for seven years and despite the rising living costs his salary has never increased. He takes home $120 a month, spends half of that on rent for his small house, and the rest on food and […]
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Industry announced that three Integrated Agro Industrial Parks (IAIPs), Bure, Bulbula, and Yirgalem, will be open to investors. Bure IAIP, which is situated in Amhara Regional State and built at a cost of USDollars 148 million (8 billion Birr), has already attracted the interest of 103 investors. An investment forum was organized […]
Ethiopia plans to export 230,000 metric tons of sesame in the 2022/2023 fiscal year. This follows the lifting of the price cap on sesame seeds trading at the Ethiopian Commodities Exchanges (ECX) last week. The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MoTRI) cited inflation on the product which led to the removal of the price […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the Ethiopia’s digital economy registering an encouraging result in the economic and social sphere of the country. The prime minister said that Ethiopia has been working to connect people to the internet service and improving its quality in the past four years in a speech he made at the 17th […]