An Ethiopian franchise of a private US- based private education enterprise, has trained over 4,000 students in robotics, coding & AI. Two years in, the enterprise looks to branch out of Addis Ababa.

Smilepay, a Kazana Group portfolio company, just entered Ethiopia's digital remittance market. Licensed by NBE, it is integrated with 29 banks and aims for cross-border payment efficiency.

Safaricom Ethiopia invested roughly 300 billion Birr over four years on its way to 10 million 90-day active subscribers cementing itself as formidable competitive player in Ethiopia's telecom duopoly.