The Addis Ababa City Innovation Bureau is working to onboard all public schools onto its E-school management portal by next year, paving the way for citywide digital registration.

SantimPay and Bank of Abyssinia have partnered to launch FrankRemit, a new digital remittance service offering instant, zero-fee international transfers to Ethiopia.

"Poor people often don’t have bad credit histories; they have no credit history. They've been invisible. But now, we can finally see them," says Accion CEO Michael Schlein.

The acquisition is centred on driving transformation through advanced digital technologies, including AI and data-driven platforms.

At the ID4Africa 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia positioned its national digital ID, Fayda, as a model for inclusive digital transformation. Over 120 vendors from 105 countries gathered in the capital.

Ethiopian e-commerce startups are facing a new reality: a well-funded, state-backed competitor with reach, logistics, and mobile money integration in the form of Zemen Gebeya. Partner or pivot?