Entrepreneurship

Ambassador Jacobson hosted 48 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

US Ambassador for Ethiopia,Jacobson hosted 48 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders for a send-off at her residence. They will spend 3-6 weeks this summer at U.S. universities, participating in leadership training in one of three focus areas: business/entrepreneurship, public management, or civil society, as part of the U.S. State Department’s Young African Leaders

May 20, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Meet Total’s Startupper of The Year Winners From Ethiopia

Startupper of the Year Challenger by TotalEnergies After the decisive final stage during which the 15 finalists were invited to pitch their project to a local jury, 3 winners were chosen in each country. 32 African countries took part in the Startupper of the Year Challenge by TotalEnergies’ 3rd edition! Our aim is to support young entrepreneurs’ that

May 13, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ethiopia’s Addis Alemayehou Named in 100 Global Tech’s Changemakers List

 Ethiopia’s serial entrepreneur and investor Addis Alemayehou was recognized in the Rest of World (RoW)’s 100 Global Tech’s Changemakers’ list for his contribution to the tech sector amid challenges. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 12, 2022 – Kazana Group chairman, Mr. Addis Alemayehou who has become a household name in Africa’s business and entrepreneurship landscape with Ethiopia as

May 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Qene Games Announces Launch of Kinet Store, Your One-Stop Shop for African Games

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dec. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qene Games, one of the top gaming studios in Africa, is excited to announce the launch of the Kinet Store, your one-stop shop for African games.  Major smart device app stores such as the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store don’t support merchant accounts

December 29, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Sara Menker Among America’s Greatest Disruptors: Planet Protectors

AI and Big Data to Help Feed the World SARA MENKER — FOUNDER, CEO, GRO INTELLIGENCEBEST OF NEWSWEEK VIA EMAIL  By 2050, the United Nations says, we’re going to need 70 percent more food to feed the nine billion people living on Earth. Global climate change threatens to upend their lives—worsening storms, droughts, heat waves and

December 15, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Ethiopian Innovators stay productive amid war time  

Early 2020 was a hopeful time for Ethiopia’s startups. Venture capitalists were increasingly eyeing Ethiopian startups,But now, as Ethiopia is deep in a bloody one-year civil war, shifting winds have brought a completely different scene in the Ethiopian public discourse and start-up ecosystem. The tech community finds itself taking sides too in a war that

December 13, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Pariti has raised $2.85 million seed fund

Pariti was founded by Yacob Berhane and Wossen Ayele in 2019. This past year, CEO Yacob Berhane said the company has grown 795% and attributed this growth to the pandemic and how the African tech ecosystem has hit an inflection point, minting half a dozen unicorns within this period. Pariti is a platform that empowers

December 6, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Addis Ababa Angels Invests in Eshi Express,

June 09, 2021; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia– Addis Ababa Angles Network founded with the aim of promoting economic development and sustainability in Ethiopia, announced its investment in Eshi Express, a delivery service firm, as part of the strong belief in the transformational capacity of a robust startup ecosystem on the nation’s economy. Delivery business plays a

June 9, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Creative Hub Now Opening in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa. The first Creative Hub Ethiopia has been established by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Federal Small and Medium Manufacturing Industries Promotion Authority (FeSMMIPA), thanks to a generous contribution from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The Hub is an envisioned platform that offers services and spaces to designers,

May 27, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entrepreneurship

Ethio Locate – Insights to Your Destination

Ethio Locate is an ingenious effort by a young entrepreneur to remodel the way how people travel. Every great story starts with a terrible experience insight, Yishak Amdeselassie founder and CEO of Ethio Locate mentions, “I was in the venture of taking a trip outside of the city, and I was baffled there was no

May 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight