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 teach English language in different public schools in Ethiopia.
Category: Education
Addis Ababa to provide free uniform to 600,000 students
Addis Ababa City Administration, the capital of Ethiopia, is set to provide school uniform, exercise books and other utensils for 600,000 students free of charge.
Ethiopia shuts Internet, SMS services
This week from Monday to Wednesday a total of 1.27 million grade 10 students have taken national exam in Ethiopia, forcing the nation to shut down the Internet and text … Read More
Ethiopia launches investigations on private colleges
In an attempt to rescue the deteriorating education quality, the government of Ethiopia has launched investigations on all private higher institutions.
Ethiopia excludes 95 percent pre-primary age children in Somali
A new report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals 95.5 percent of pre-primary age children in Ethiopia’s Somali region are excluded, while only 14 percent in the Afar Region … Read More
U.S. Embassy Launches Ethiopia Debates
The United States Embassy in Addis Ababa launches Ethiopia Debates! Ethiopia Debates, a nationwide program that creates an interactive platform for university students to engage in a series of debate … Read More
U.S. embassy offers training for journalists in Ethiopia
The United States Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia offers a week-long capacity building workshop for senior editors from private and state media organizations across Ethiopia.
Some 850,000 students in Ethiopia benefit from school feeding
Some 850,000 students in Ethiopia, mainly from elementary schools are currently benefiting from the school feeding programs being implemented in different parts of the country.
Ethiopia Premier discusses education roadmap with 3,696 teachers
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed holds a meetig with 3,696 teachers from across the country to consult on the draft national education roadmap.
UNICEF to build schools for refugees in Ethiopia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a $15 million project that aims to construct schools in refugee camps and host communities in Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz regions in Ethiopia.
U.S. Embassy launches English language program in Ethiopia
The U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa launches the English Access Microscholarship Program, known as Access, in Jimma, Oromia region of Ethiopia.
African Development Bank awards scholarships to students in Mozambique
The African Development Bank and Mozambique’s Lúrio University recently launched the UniLúrio Support to Skills Development for Agriculture and Industry Programme in Pemba, Mozambique.The Bank has also awarded 68 scholarships … Read More
Partners to provide E-Learning for African Financial Institutions in Africa
The Trade Finance Division of the African Development Bank and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), have teamed up with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to launch a … Read More
Western scholar urges Africa to own its statistics
Statisticians are urged to do more to explain and sell their work to ensure their product helps African governments to make informed policies that can change communities and democracies for … Read More
United States brings scholars to support education in Ethiopia
The United States Ambassador Michael Raynor welcomed a group of over 35 American scholars to Ethiopia – the largest such group at any one time.
U.S. provides school materials to displaced children in Ethiopia
The United States Government has provided new school materials for 147,000 displaced children in Oromia, Somali, and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ regional states.
UN agency awards community conversation facilitators in Ethiopia
The UN Migration Agency, IOM awarded 12 Best Performing Community Conversation (CC) Facilitators and kebeles in Ethiopia this week.
Alibaba, UN train African entrepreneurs
Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) brought 29 young entrepreneurs from 11 countries across Africa to the Alibaba campus in Hangzhou, China for … Read More
Foundation invests $700 billion in Africa’s capacity building
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) the sepecialized agency with 40 African member states, says it has invested over $700 billion on capacity development in different African countries since its … Read More
African entrepreneurs join Alibaba Business School
Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have brought together 24 Africa-based entrepreneurs to participate in the inaugural eFounders Initiative.
New Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn in at U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa
Charge d’Affaires Troy Fitrell administered the oath of service to 39 new Peace Corps Volunteers at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today.
Online community launches first African startup academy
Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A), an online community platform, today launches VC4A Startup Academy that has three learning courses each focusing on a different life-stage of a starting business.
African IT professionals now ready for global market, Gebeya says
Gebeya, an Ethiopian headquartered company specialized in matching highly skilled and certified African information technology (IT) professionals across the world, graduated its first batch of highly skilled software developers in … Read More
Kenya Airways, GE partner to train for Kenyan aviation students
Kenya Airways and General Electric (GE) are set to provide high tech training for Aerospace and Aviation Engineering programme students at Technical University of Kenya (TUK).