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Ethiopia joins 170 countries to celebrate Entrepreneurship Week

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 newbusiness

Ethiopia is joining more than 170 countries this year to celebrate the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

Ethiopia to launch fist satellite in September

Ethiopia to launch first satellite in September

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 newbusiness

By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – With the assistance of China, Ethiopia is set to launch its first earth observatory satellite in September 2019.

First Bank of Nigeria, Clickatell drive financial inclusion using WhatsApp

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 newbusiness

Clickatell promotes Financial Inclusion in Nigeria by enabling FirstBank to launch Chat Banking on WhatsApp.

Industrial Internet of Things: Connecting machines, people and data

September 12, 2018October 30, 2018 newbusiness

By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – The industrial Internet of Things is starting to come of age, but are African organizations ready to use it to boost their global competitiveness? The reality is that many industrial companies in Africa are missing a critical building block for an Internet of Things strategy—a modern, robust, and integrated set […]

Volkswagen to start assembling cars in Ethiopia

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 newbusiness

The automobile giant of Germany Volkswagen is set to install assembly plant in Ethiopia, a German government official said.

Germany shows interest to invest in Ethio Telecom

Ethiopia telecom privatization grabs Germany’s T-Systems attention

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 newbusiness

The German Development Cooperation Minister, Gerd Muller, who is on official visit to Ethiopia, says German’s telecom giant, T-Systems operated by Deutsche Telecom Group is interested to joint venture with Ethio Telecom.