New program to help Africans excel in VC knowledge
A new program by a private company, Dream Venture Capital (Dream VC) is set to support venture capital…
Education
Ethiopians in Djibouti set to build community school
The Ethiopian Community in Djibouti are set to commence the construction of a community school on the 4…
Ethiopia trains South Sudanese security officers
The state-owned National Information and Security University of Ethiopia has concluded the training of security officers from the…
ECA concludes training for women in data and statistics
Today marked the end of the Women into a leadership training program organized by the UN Economic Commission…
Diaspora fund to build four schools in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) announced the launch of a $3 million ‘Building Forward’ project to build four…
Initiative to help entrepreneurs in Ethiopia get seed money
A new global initiative, The Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge is set to help young entrepreneurs in Ethiopia get…
Over 300 visually impaired in Ethiopia set to get new school
The Office of the First Lady of Ethiopia said by investing 400 million Birr it is building a…
Ethiopia inaugurates grand library in Addis Ababa
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia today inaugurated grand public library built in Addis Ababa Arat killo area.
TPLF vandalizes, steals Wollo University campuses
The fighters of Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF), which is designated as a terrorist group by Ethiopian Parliament,…
Intentional investment in girls’ education vital
The British Council in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) supported by the United Nations Children’s…
ECA, ICC launch centre of entrepreneurship in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and International Chamber of Commerce have jointly launched Centres of Entrepreneurship in…
University of Rwanda, Mastercard Foundation launch $55 million partnership
The Mastercard Foundation and University of Rwanda today announced a 10-year, $55 million partnership to enable higher education…
Foundation laid to build East Africa TVET center of excellence
A foundation stone has been laid today to build the East Africa Region Technical and Vocational Education Training…
P.M Abiy Ahmed inaugurates ‘African Leadership Excellence Academy’
Designed to develop world class leadership as part of Ethiopia’s Vision for Prosperity (#VisionForProsperity), P.M Abiy Ahmed today…
SAP extends digital skills build to Lusophone Africa
SAP’s flagship digital skills build initiative the Young Professionals Program is celebrating its first-ever graduates from Lusophone Africa.
Leeds Equity, Genius SIS partner to expand virtual learning
Leeds Equity Partners, the private equity firm dedicated exclusively to investing in the Knowledge Industries, and Genius SIS…
Robotel signs a strategic alliance to develop a digital curriculum to teach Arabic
Robotel, developer of the SmartClass teaching platform and leader in the development of digital curriculum to teach various…
U.S. to help improve English language skills in Ethiopia
The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia announced the launch of “Helen’s Journey,” a radio drama to help…
New fund to nurture Africa’s reading culture
The International Publishers Association (IPA) will today begin accepting proposals for projects to develop reading culture beyond the…
ECA engages media in data production, sharing
The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday hosted a webinar…
AU, ARC launch gender disaster risk management platform
The African Union (AU) and the African Risk Capacity (ARC), have launched the Gender and Disaster Risk Management…
Funzi, AfricaWork to help recruitment in 37 African countries
Africa’s number one recruitment service AfricaWork and Finnish mobile learning service Funzi have entered into a partnership to…
U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia finances TV debate series
The U.S. Embassy to Ethiopia, in collaboration with the International Republican Institute, is pleased to announce the TV…
Huawei to help Ethiopia cultivate ICT talent
Jobs Creation Commission of Ethiopia and Huawei, China’s provider of telecom infrastructure and signed a memorandum of understanding…
U.S. Embassy supports Ethiopian journalists training
On February 8, 2021, the United States Embassy in Addis Ababa launched the first of 25 week-long media…
Ethiopia approves new media proclamation
The Council of Minister of Ethiopia today approves the news media proclamation that also governess internet-based media outlets,…
Some 2,000 Africa girls conclude continental coding training
Approximately 2000 African Girls, among them 124 girls from Ethiopia, today concluded a continental coding boot-camp aimed at…
Ethiopia to distribute 50 million facemasks to schools
As the country is set to open schools as of end of October, the Ministry of Education of…
Ethiopia set to reopen schools in October
The Minister of education of Ethiopia gave green light for schools closed because of the global pandemic, coronavirus,…
Nile Basin Initiative marks World Youth Skills Day
PRESS RELEASE – On the 15th of July 2020, the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), the Eastern Nile Technical…