Africa advised to embrace artificial intelligence based businesses
African countries are advised to embrace artificial intelligence based new technologies including Blockchain financial technology, instead of banning…
2019
Ethiopian Airlines generates $4.2 billion revenue
Ethiopia Airlines Group generates total revenue of 114.6 billion birr (about $4.2 billion) during the Ethiopia fiscal year…
Africa needs disruptive tax policy to tax digital businesses
Panelists of the 7th Pan African Conference on tax and Illicit financial flows, stress that Africa needs disruptive…
Pan African conference discusses taxation in digital economy
Focusing on how African countries boost their local revenue in today’s digital economy, experts from across the globe…
CityBlue Hotels announces bold move in Mauritius
Sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest growing local hotel chain; CityBlue Hotels today announced the takeover of Landmark City Hotel in…
Start-up program set to support agriculture in Ethiopia
OCP Africa and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), to start impulse start-up acceleration program to build linkages between…
Treatment-resistant malaria: Are we winning the battle?
By Nathan Mulure – The history of resistance to antimalarials in Africa is not a happy one. At…
Boeing begins compensating crashed aircraft victims’ families
Boeing says the fund – designed to provide $50 million in immediate financial assistance to the families of…
Car accident consumes 23 lives in Ethiopia
Around 23 people (17 male and 6 female) reported dead on Monday in a single road traffic accident…
Forum discusses logistics challenges in East Africa
A forum by the Nairobi – based Africa Logistics Properties (ALP), discusses logistics challenges in East Africa mainly…
Hilton reaches 100 hotel milestone in Africa
Hilton today signs a deal which marks the first for the brand in Africa and a milestone of…
Ethiopia foils IS, Al Shabaab terrorists’ attack
Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service said it has foiled terrorists’ attack by capturing several members of the…
Ethiopia plans to produce 483,000 tons of sugar
Ethiopian Sugar Corporation, the state agency in charge of sugar development in Ethiopia, aims to produce 483,532 tons…
New bank set to enter Ethiopia market
Goh Betoch Bank, a new financial institution that aims to reintroduce mortgage banking (loan for housing construction) in…
Ethiopia’s privatization urgency sparks debate
Intellectuals and business leaders gathered in Addis Ababa this morning debate about the benefits of Ethiopia’s “urgency” to…
Russia set to host 40 African leaders
Some 40 Africa leaders are set to take part in the first Russia–Africa Economic Forum and Summit scheduled…
Ethiopian Airlines celebrates ShebaMiles 20th anniversary
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the leading aviation companies in Africa, celebrates the 20th anniversary of its frequent flyer…
Ethiopian Airlines elevates passengers’ layover experience
Passengers flying Ethiopian Airlines with layover between 8 and 24 hours in Addis Ababa are set to have…
Climate finance for developing countries reaches $71 billion
Climate finance provided and mobilized by developed countries for climate action in developing countries reached $71.2 billion in…
United States assists Ethiopia to end tuberculosis
The United States and Ethiopia officially signed a new statement of partnership agreement to continue working closely together…
Ethiopia declares end of confusion year, beginning of prosperity
Ethiopia, which uses the Julian Calendar, declares the end of confusion year 2011 and the beginning of a…
Improved baggage tracking to ensure passenger satisfaction
By Peter Drummond – Economic progress in East Africa is currently outperforming all other regions on the continent,…
IBA Ethiopia to facilitate creation of 100,000 jobs
A private business incubator in collaboration with government agencies is set to link 150 African innovators with potential…
Ethiopia needs 15 years to implement Africa free trade deal
The government of Ethiopia needs to get 15 years of preparation in order to impliment the flat /…
Ethiopia eyes becoming Africa’s prosperity icon by 2030
The government of Ethiopia has launched a homegrown economic reform, which will propel the country to become Africa’s…
UN condemns killings of two aid workers in Ethiopia
On behalf of the humanitarian community in Ethiopia, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia, Mr.…
Ethiopia earns $318 million from horticulture
Ethiopia has earned $318 million from the export of flowers and other horticulture products in the concluded fiscal…
Unites States brings English teachers to Ethiopia
Chargé d’Affaires David Renz today administered the oath of service to 23 new Peace Corps Volunteers, who will…
Forum on sustainable urbanization opens in Ethiopia
Over 500 participants from 52 countries across the globe have converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 14th…
Microsoft to assist Ethiopian farmers improve agriculture
The software technology giant, Microsoft, and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) are set to…