Ghanaian digital commerce companies secure funding
Today, the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove, and Tendo, as the second cohort to receive funding and support.
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Africa’s second plant breeding conference kicks off in Rwanda
Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting this week in Kigali, Rwanda and online for the second continental African Plant Breeders Association Conference.
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Djibouti Telecom begins cable landing station construction
Djibouti Telecom, a leading strategic center for international telecommunications services in East Africa, begins construction of new cable landing station (CLS).
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Digital transactions in Ethiopia to represent 39 percent GDP by 2025
A new report forecasts that the size of digitally transacted economic activities in Ethiopia will grow to 3 trillion Birr by 2025 representing 39 percent of the country’s GDP.
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Ethiopia invites bidders to partially privatize Ethio Telecom
The Government of Ethiopia today invited foreign investors interested to buy partial share of the state-owned telecommunications service provider, Ethio Telecom.
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Safaricom Ethiopia provides updates on its operations
The Chief Executive Officer Safaricom PLC, Mr. Peter Ndegwa, and his team met with Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia and Dr. Eyob Tekalign, State Minister of Finance, and discussed about the progress of the company’s operations in Ethiopia.
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Time to digitalize airports
Aviation has always been at the cutting edge of technology, adopting new innovations that made it a critical player in global travel and commerce. Air transportation not only facilitates social connections but also acts as a conduit for goods and services. The journey, however, starts from one vital site – the airport.
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Huawei awards ICT competition Ethiopia 2021 winners
Huawei, one of the leading global providers of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, today announced the winners of the its ICT Competition Ethiopia 2021, entitled “Connection, Glory, Future”.
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Ethiopian Airlines partners with Israel Aerospace Industries
Ethiopian Airlines Group establishes a global standard cargo Conversion program to convert the B-767-300 ER to dedicated freighter services in partnership agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
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Safaricom CEO meets Ethiopian official
Safaricom Ethiopia PLC CEO, Anwar Soussa today meets with Ethiopia’s State Minister of Finance Dr. Eyob Tekalign.
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Gebeya Inc, promotes top African technology talents globally
Gebeya Inc. the Pan-African source for freelance professional talent, today announced the launch of its revamped marketplace, the first of its kind in terms of reach in Africa.
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Vodacom South Africa, Nokia achieve highest transmission rates
Vodacom South Africa and Nokia are working together to transform the operator’s nationwide optical transmission network through Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset hardware to deliver high capacity transmission.
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IFC to boost digital access in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced today that it invested in a new fund by Convergence Partners Africa, an investment management firm focused on the technology, media and telecom sectors in Africa.
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Ethio Telecom revenue up 18 percent
The fully state-owned Ethio Telecom has generated an annual revenue of 56.5 billion Birr (about $1.3 billion) during its budget year concluded June 30, 2021.
