Ethiopia’s First Collateral-Free Digital Lending
Michu is Ethiopia's first digital lending platform that provides loans without collateral, through a partnership with CoopBank...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Bringing Access To Digital Payments
Nigeria's Paga will commence its plans to expand in Ethiopia in 2022, and is also considering developing a crypto-currency product in...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Ethiopia's New Borderless Bank
Santym is a borderless bank that allows Ethiopians and Africans to open a USD bank account as well as a Bitcoin and Stablecoin wallet....
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Ethiopia’s First Mortgage Bank
Ethiopia's first private mortgage bank, Goh Betoch Bank SC, has received its license from the financial sector supervisory body and has...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Ethiopia’s Potential for Venture Capital
Investors are eyeing a new tier of less funded tech ecosystems in Africa that are steadily rising, especially in Ethiopia, Morocco,...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Ethiopia as Africa’s Hub for Clean Energy
Ethiopia is making plans to become Africa’s clean energy hub ♻️ Of the 71 power projects Ethiopia plans to build over the next 10 years,...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Akoin Crypto in Ethiopia
Akoin is a landmark cryptocurrency led by global artist and social impact leader, Akon. The Akoin digital ecosystem aims to improve...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Ethiopia’s National Blockchain Deal
The project, which is called “the single biggest entity deployment of blockchain ever,” is scheduled to go live in Q3 2021, with a first...
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Connecting Startups and Investors
Yegara aims to build the groundwork for the evolution of angel investing, bringing together all ecosystem participants to assist...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
Addis Ababa Aims to Attract Investment By Building One of the Largest SEZs in Africa
It was announced that Addis Ababa's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will be built around Gotera roundabout covering 34 hectares of land in...
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Apr 23, 20221 min read
The Billion-Dollar Unicorn
Mobile Money (Telebirr) subscriber number reached 4 million in just one month after launching in May 2021. Given the vast unbanked...
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Feb 21, 20221 min read
Traders Be Ready - Ethiopia's First Stock Market is Coming Soon!
A capital market can be used as an alternative financial source for the private sector and government while easing dependency on foreign...
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Nov 10, 20211 min read
Ethiopia’s First Mortgage bank Begins Operations
Ethiopia's first private mortgage bank, Goh Betoch Bank SC, has received its license from the financial sector supervisory body and has...
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World Economic Forum Lists Ethiopia as Tech Pioneer
The World Economic Forum announced its 2021 Technology Pioneers, young and growing tech companies taking on top global concerns with...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
Ethiopia ranks 34th globally in Energy & Environment Technology.
For the first time in the ranking, and completing the top 100, the vibrant seed ecosystem of Ethiopia is ranked 100th globally. Most...
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