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

News

Winners of Bahrain Royal Night Half-Marathon 2021 crowned

Kenya’s Philemon Kiplimo was last night crowned the overall winner of the Bahrain Royal Night Half-Marathon 2021, while Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase claimed first place among the women. The prestigious World Athletics Label Road Race took place along a 21.1-kilometre course in Zallaq in chilly, winter conditions, with the start and finish at the Bahrain International

December 15, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

Meta: Concerns rising as Facebook becomes a tool for spreading violence in Ethiopia

The Oversight Board, a group Facebook created to review its policy decisions,weighed in on a case of misinformation in war-torn Ethiopia Tuesday, warning the company about the risks of allowing hate speech and unverified information to spread freely in conflict zones. The Oversight Board reviewed a post in Amharic from an Ethiopia-based Facebook user that claimed

December 15, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Business

A step forward for electric mobility initiative towards policymaking

The Ministry of Transport and Logistics (MoTL), in collaboration with the GGGI Ethiopia Office, organized a policy dialogue concerning e-mobility initiatives. The discussion consisted of government ministries, the private sector, and partner organizations. The objective of the policy dialogue was to create a gateway for improved networking, experience sharing among key stakeholders. Discuss key issues

December 15, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Achare Shoe to Produce the Late Hanna Mesfin’s Album

Hanna Mesfin (Honey Spice), a popular vocalist with four singles, ቀና ብየ ፣ አትጎትጉተኝ ፣ ዞማዪ እና ፍቅርን ተውልኝ, died last week in a car accident. In addition to her popular singles, vocalist Hanna Mesfin was known for performing at various nightclubs. Vocalist Hannah has been working on her studio album with various composers by

December 14, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Feature

How ancient Zera Yacob’s philosophy remains useful in modern Ethiopia

In 1667, an Ethiopian philosopher by the name of Zera Yacob, wrote a Treatise in which he recorded both his life and his thoughts. Exiled from his hometown, he lived his time of solitude in a cave in the Takkaze Valley contemplating fundamental questions regarding human nature, truth, ethics and equality. In the notion of

December 14, 2021 • By Emrakel sileshi

Culture

Designer Mahlet Afework among the six finalists for Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge

  AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. , is pleased to announce the six finalists of the 2021 Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge, who were carefully selected from over 430 applications received from startups and scaleups globally. Building on Tommy Hilfiger’s sustainability vision to Waste Nothing and Welcome All, the third edition of the program

December 13, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

The TPLF and its new Confederation objective – Eskinder Nega

1.1 Unity…. On the one hand, former Nigerian President Obasanjo and on the other hand, US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman exerted their utmost effort to end the war in the North. In contrast, Obasanjo’s movement has gone farther than Feltman. Obasanjo has held talks with Abiy as well as Debretsion. He also held talks with

December 13, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

Journalist Tamrat Negera family said they couldn’t locate his whereabouts

Journalist Tamrat Negera family stated that they are unable to find his whereabouts or being held. His family said as a result they could not provide him with food, clothinng or medicine. It is the 4th day that Terara Network Editor-in-Chief Tamrat Negera has been taken from his home, but his whereabouts are still unknown.

December 13, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

European Union requests Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council to assess the grave human rights situation in Ethiopia

The European Union has submitted today a letter to the President of the Human Rights Council, requesting the holding of a Special Session of the Council on the grave human rights situation in Ethiopia. The session is scheduled to take place on 17 December 2021. One year into the conflict, reports of serious human rights

December 13, 2021 • By Addis Insight