Africa News

Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected as the country’s 10th president

# BREAKING – Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected as the country’s 10th president in a third round of presidential election. President-elect Hassan Sheikh Mohammed led the country before President Formajo. President Mohamed Formajo, who is running for a second term, lost the election. Supporters greeted the result by cheering and firing

May 15, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Turin dedicates a full retrospective to Haile Gerima’s films

Knowing the past to build the future The complete retrospective of Haile Gerima films (born in Ethiopia, to Gondar in 1946, in 1967 to be in the United States with a scholarship for the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago; in 1969 he moved to Los Angeles and joined the theater school , film and

May 15, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ethiopia Sip One Billion Dollar from Coffee Export

Oumer Hussein, Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture, said in a congratulatory tweet that Ethiopian coffee exports had reached a new high of $1 billion in income. The export of around 300,000 tonnes of coffee to the global market contributed to the record-breaking revenue. Once again, China is Ethiopia’s top customer. In 2021, China’s imports of Ethiopian

May 15, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Feature

Government Hospitals Have Stopped Operating Due to Lack of Anesthetics

For the past few weeks, almost all government hospitals have stopped operating due to lack of anesthetics. It is unknown at this time when will the issue get addressed. As a result, thousands of patients are suffering from prolonged surgery. Doctors, too, have begun to listen to patients grievances instead of treating them. The department

May 14, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Feature

Dr. Mesfin Lemma became the first in the world to perform minimally invasive spine surgery

Dr. Mesfin Lemma, spine surgeon at MedStar Orthopaedic Institute, recently became the first in the world to perform minimally invasive spine surgery using the Excelsius3D 3-in-1 intelligent imaging system. Because it shows real-time video in 3D, it allows us to do the surgery more precisely and more minimally invasively. Consolidating cone-beam CT, fluoroscopy, and digital

May 14, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Feature

Telecommunication Sector Reform: The Controversial Key To Ethiopia’s Economic Recovery?

By Behailu Shiferaw Mihirete (12 May 2022) Efforts to liberalise and digitalise Ethiopia’s economy have picked up an unprecedented pace since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018. Reforms to the telecommunications sector, hitherto dominated by the state-owned Ethio Telecom, have been identified by Abiy’s government as the foundation of economic and digital

May 13, 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

The Bank of Abyssinia Future Head Quarters Construction Project has been formally initiated

The Bank of Abyssinia Future Head Quarters Construction Project has been formally initiated by an International Competitive bid floated in December 2020 and awarded to China State Construction Engineering Company after in-depth negotiation on the contract terms.   Today’s signing sets a significant milestone in the history of the Bank of Abyssinia. Bank of Abyssinia,

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

Tech

Google Translate added Afan Oromo & Tigrigna to its service

Technology giants Google has added a list of 24 new languages ​​to its Google Translate service. The languages are spoken by more than 300 million people, including  Tigringna and Afan Oromo. Of these, 10 are spoken in Africa, including Afan Oromo, Tigrinya, Twi, Bambara, Creo, Luganda. Afan Oromo is spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya, and

May 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight