Ethiopia has joined a growing list of 12 African countries that have banned single-use plastics, but from Merkato to Shola Market, vendors and shoppers claim to be not ready.

Aiming for increased access to mobility aids which remain limited and expensive in Ethiopia one local start up, is designing locally made electric wheelchairs and transfer chairs to meet the gap.

From the trenches of Nigeria’s Ebola response to building context-aware systems across Africa, Amina Ahmad is charting a new course for ethical digital health. Read her exclusive with Shega.

Foreign banks entering Ethiopia have the opportunity to leapfrog outdated metrics like branch counts or ATM networks and instead compete through superior digital financial services.

Born from personal experience, Abdifatah Dayib's Qalam platform bridges education gaps with a "hardware first" approach. It's bringing digital learning to remote areas without internet or electricity.

A new consortium (AICE) is launching to provide insurance for 10M Ethiopian small holder farmers with affordable tech-driven coverage. Kenya based insure-tech Pula is leading the charge.