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Beemi Raises $1M to Scale Ethiopia’s First Gamified Livestreaming Platform Across Africa
Beemi, Ethiopia’s first gamified livestreaming platform which transforms streams into interactive experiences and real-time storefronts, raised $1M in a seed funding round as it scales across Africa.
By Etenat Awol

Ethiopia’s Digital Bureaucracy Faces Reality Check as EU-Funded BEIC Project Wraps Up
EU funded €7.2M BEIC project formally concludes, having digitized core public services and created platforms to streamline bureaucratic bottlenecks. Will Ethiopia's institutions manage on their own?
By Etenat Awol

UN Project to Bet on Ethiopia’s Emerging Tech Prospects as Crypto miners Seek Predictable Policy
As Ethiopia increasingly becomes a haven for crypto mining the UN’s NTF V project is expanding its focus to include AI, blockchain, and Web3, aiming to engage policy makers and the private sector.
By Etenat Awol