80% of CBE’s Transactions Are Now Digital

CBE has 30 million mobile money customers, nearly 10 million mobile banking users, and around 21 million debit cardholders.

Single-Use Plastic Faces Ban in Ethiopia as Draft Law Advances

Ethiopia is the second-largest importer of plastics in East and Central Africa, spending €17 million annually on plastic packaging imports.

Ethiopian Engineer Debuts Digital Cost Projection Platform for Construction Sector

An Ethiopian engineer has launched a platform that looks to organize chaotic cost assessments in the construction industry through aggregated input data updated at near real-time levels.

Upcoming EdTech Mondays Episode to Address Gender Parity in Education

Despite progress in recent years, Ethiopia continues to face significant challenges in achieving gender parity in education.

Innovative Finance Lab Selects 20 Ethiopian Enterprises to Receive $100K Grant from GIZ

Kamrach, Ankobot Books & Publishing, Lolite, Lemlem, and Wolfaby are among the enterprises selected to receive the funding.

African Legislators Call for Intergovernmental Cooperation in Regulating AI

With nearly 800 million Africans remaining offline across the continent a calibrated balance between advancing technology reach and regulatory frameworks was advocated by several participants.

Ethiopian Developers Demand More From Google Play Console

While Google Play has extended developer registration to Ethiopia, the platform still does not permit merchant registration for local developers.

Ethiopian Ministers Approve Nearly 600 Billion Birr Additional Budget

Parliament ratified the country’s biggest budget bill of 971.2 billion birr in early July, before the recent macroeconomic reforms that entailed the floating of the Birr.