Business

Ethiopia’s Banking Industry Gets a Boost with Abyssinia Bank’s Apollo App

Abyssinia Bank, one of Ethiopia’s leading financial institutions, is known for its unique virtual banking services. The bank’s latest release, the Apollo mobile banking app, is no exception. The app is the first of its kind in Ethiopia, allowing customers to open bank accounts without the need for a physical presence at a bank branch.

January 14, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Tech

Somaliland to receive starlink satellite internet service before South Africa

Somaliland, an unrecognized state in Africa, is set to receive the Starlink satellite broadband service in 2023, according to the service’s official coverage map.  Starlink, provided by SpaceX, is a network of over 3,000 low-Earth orbit satellites that offer high-speed internet access to underserved and remote areas. The service is expected to roll out in

December 31, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Safaricom Ethiopia Expands Network Footprint to 21 Cities Across the Country

Safaricom Ethiopia has announced the expansion of its network and services to five new cities in December 2021: Hawassa, Assela, Jigjiga, Sodo, and Dilla. This expansion brings Safaricom Ethiopia’s current network footprint across the country to 21 cities, including Dire Dawa, Harar, Haramaya, Adama, Bahir Dar, Bishoftu, Mojo, Debre Birhan, Awoday, Gondar, Addis Ababa, Sebeta,

December 28, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises in Ethiopia

Yinebeb Bahru Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) have been widely credited for being an indispensable part of economic development. Its strength is gauged by the dexterity to create jobs, contribute to industrialization and boost national economic output. SMEs can play a vital role in a country’s development, they contribute hugely to the national economy by

August 9, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Tech

Telebirr launch three financial services

Ethio Telecom launches three service offering from 10-100,000 birr loan credits to its customers. The service was launched in collaboration with Dashen Bank. Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru said that customers who are offered the service are not required to present collateral. The system uses artificial intelligence to determine customer eligibility for loan. Telebirr Mela

August 5, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Tech

Is nuclear power suitable for Ethiopia?

Ethiopia is the second-largest country in Africa with a population greater than 115 million people, the country achieve sustainable economic growth since 2002. Behind this achievement, the power industry printout a commendable share towards feeding adequate electricity across the country. Ethiopia is among few Sub-Sahara African countries achieving the millennium development goal, Moreover, the United

July 19, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ride vs Feres who’s becoming a winner

By- Yinebeb Bahru It has been a one-month since I left Addis Ababa after I get a better job. When I was in Addis, in the time of emergency and at midnight, I and my close friends always give call to either Ride or Feres taxi-hailing platforms. Both RIDE and Feres were the biggest taxi-hailing/

July 14, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Gebeya & Google Partnership Set to Birth Africa’s New Wave of Machine Learning Developers

In its ongoing efforts to bridge the gap between African talent, startups and SMEs, and the tech industry, Gebeya recently partnered with Google to launch the Google Developers Machine Learning Bootcamp in Sub-Saharan Africa. The intermediate training and hiring program targets residents in Sub-Saharan Africa, in a partnership between the Pan-African talent marketplace headquartered in Ethiopia

July 11, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Tech

Facebook’s content moderation in Ethiopia underfunded and under-resourced

  BERHAN TAYE June 13, 2022 Tensions in Ethiopia have been high for some time. Ethnic violence in the country is rampant (Al Jazeera 2021), the government is at war with itself (BBC News 2021) and it seems history is on a loop. The offline tensions are transposed online (Gilbert 2020). The warring parties to

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Tech

UNCDF Collaborates with IBM on Digital Futures to Address Digital Skills Gap

Global Collaboration Will Feature IBM SkillsBuild to Deliver Digital Learning to Women and Youth UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) announced that it is working with IBM to address the digital skills gap by delivering digital learning to youth and women, as part of UNCDF’s Digital Futures initiative. IBM will support the implementation of Digital Futures through the IBM SkillsBuild

June 21, 2022 • By Addis Insight