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Ethio Telecom on Tuesday, officially launched 5G Internet service in Jigjiga city, Somali Region of Ethiopia. The Jigjiga launch followed its earlier official launch in Read More etbaba home

The Government of Kenya hosted the second U.S.-Kenya Cyber and Digital Dialogue in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 27, fulfilling a commitment by both governments made Read More etbaba home

The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, in partnership with iCog Anyone Can Code (iCog-ACC), has launched Solve IT 2023, a nationwide innovation competition in Ethiopia. The winners of the Solve IT 2023 Innovation Competition will receive seed funding from iCog-ACC to bring their innovative ideas into reality.”The project encourages Ethiopian youth to make contributions to …

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Microsoft, the United States based multibillion dollars software company, today announced a new and expanded Airband partnerships set to provide high-speed internet access to nearly 40 million people across Latin America and Africa. “These partnerships in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda mark significant progress in our commitment to …

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Mastercard and NAPS, a leading Moroccan fintech company, have initiated a collaboration to develop innovative payment solutions for individuals and businesses. The partnership consolidates the strong historical relationship between the two entities. NAPS is on a mission to expand the horizons of digital payments in Morocco. NAPS benefits from the 30+ years of expertise of …

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Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, is set to host the Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa Summit in October 2023. This is announced by the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG) and Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), an autonomous quasi-governmental institution operating under the auspices of the Federal Government of Ethiopia. Taking place at the newly …

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Four innovators from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda have been selected to compete for the £25,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Innovations include electromobility motorbike conversion, a portable uterine inspection device, power packs made from recycled batteries, and a local digital security network for community safety. The four projects are Scalable engineering innovations created …

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Liquid Dataport, a pan-African technology group, and Angola Telecom, the leading fixed network operator in Angola, announces a new terrestrial fibre route between Luanda, Angola to Johannesburg, South Africa, via DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The addition of this route to Liquid’s regional fibre backbone is a significant addition to its existing 110,000 km network, providing …

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Datacentrix, a leading hybrid IT systems integrator and managed services provider, has been named as ‘Partner of the Year’ for the Europe, Middle East and African region (EMEA) by Cloudflare, the security, performance and reliability company. The company also received the individual award for Technical Excellence in EMEA at its recent worldwide 2022 Channel Partner …

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Viditure Technology Solution PLC is set to launch its all-new digital / E-signature application, Weleta that revolutionizes the way contracts and agreements are signed in Ethiopia. The new digital tool is said will replace wet signatures with electronic ones, and is changing the game for businesses in Ethiopia being the first digital signature technology in …

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