From Check-In to Check-Ups: Why Some Addis Ababa Hotels Converted to Hospitals

After COVID-19 hollowed out hospitality, private healthcare stepped in. Hotels with empty rooms found new life as inpatient wards, reimagining urban economics and access to care.

Can ESG Take Root in Ethiopia’s Reforming Economy?

As Ethiopia liberalizes key sectors and opens to foreign capital, global ESG expectations could soon be influencing investor decisions. For now, no comprehensive national framework exists.

Ethiopia Courts OpenAI for Local Academy

Ethiopia’s AI moment: Addis AI Forum brings policymakers, entrepreneurs, and investors together to explore turning AI talent into economic impact.

This Ethiopian Startup Has Taught AI to Listen to Amharic and Afaan Oromo

In just over a year, Addis AI has grown to more than 100,000 users, many outside Addis Ababa, signaling how local-language AI scales when it is built natively.

Hope, Hurdles, and the Long Wait for an Industrial Africa

Africa cannot indefinitely remain an exporter of raw materials. That consensus was clear at a side forum during the AU summit.

Eight Years After AfCFTA, Africa Turns to Code to Make Trade Real

Africa signed its biggest free trade deal eight years ago. Trade still lags. Now, technology is being asked to do what policy alone could not.