Ethiopia revises 70 / 30 college enrollment quota
The Government of Ethiopia has revised its college acceptance quota that forces higher education institutions in the country…
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Scool feeding creates ten thousand jobs in Addis Ababa
The school feeding program launched recently by the Addis Ababa City Administration has created jobs for 10,000 mothers…
German bank invests 300 million Euro in Ethiopia
KfW Development Bank of Germany has invested over 300 million Euro in Ethiopia over the past years supporting…
ECW invests $27 million to help displaced students in Ethiopia
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announces a $27 million investment to support the delivery of quality inclusive education to…
Education Can’t Wait invests in Ethiopia refugees’ school
Education Can’t Wait (ECW), a global fund dedicated to education in emergencies, invests in the construction of 84…
Ethiopia ranks top in illiteracy in eastern Africa
Ethiopia ranks top in eastern Africa having the largest number of illiterate people – over 57% illiterate women…
African Women Leaders Network launches Ethiopia chapter
The Ethiopian Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) is launched on Monday at an event attended…
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…
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…
Ethiopia shuts Internet, SMS services
This week from Monday to Wednesday a total of 1.27 million grade 10 students have taken national exam…
Ethiopia launches investigations on private colleges
In an attempt to rescue the deteriorating education quality, the government of Ethiopia has launched investigations on all…
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…
U.S. Embassy Launches Ethiopia Debates
The United States Embassy in Addis Ababa launches Ethiopia Debates! Ethiopia Debates, a nationwide program that creates an…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Alibaba, UN train African entrepreneurs
Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) brought 29 young entrepreneurs from…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…