CultureEthiopia's Bakers Get a New Stage: Arada Park to Host the Addis Cake & Bake ExpoFrom August 21–23, the expo will bring together bakers, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers, packaging companies, cafés, hotels, and pastry brands.Aug 20, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia's New Cybersecurity Law: What Banks, Hospitals and Power Companies Now Have to DoAug 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsAddis Ababa Just Added 24 Olympic Pools of Water a Day to its Supply.Aug 17, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsFewer than 2 in 100 African infrastructure projects Default, the Lowest Rate of Any Region on EarthAug 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia's New Cybersecurity Law: What Banks, Hospitals and Power Companies Now Have to DoA proclamation two years in drafting gives INSA audit power over 12 sectors, a licensing regime for private cyber firms, and a fund fed by fines up to 2 million birr — with one year for institutions to comply.Aug 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsAddis Ababa Just Added 24 Olympic Pools of Water a Day to its Supply.The city has switched on a new drinking water project and the Koye Wastewater Treatment Plant, adding a combined 60,000 cubic metres of clean water and 20,000 cubic metres of wastewater treatment to its daily totals.Aug 17, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsFewer than 2 in 100 African infrastructure projects Default, the Lowest Rate of Any Region on EarthAFDB says only 1.9% of African infrastructure projects fail to pay back the banks and governments that built them.Aug 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsEthiopia Plans to Export 26% More Than Last YearEthiopia exceeded its 2025/26 export target by 14%, providing the basis for the government’s 26% increase in the 2026/27 target.Aug 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsFriendship Park Nears a Billion Birr in Revenue in 48 MonthsA 46-hectare green space—roughly 65 football pitches—helping cool the city and manage stormwater beyond its aesthetic value.Aug 12, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia's National Dialogue Set to Conclude Delegate Sessions Within Two WeeksNational Dialogue shifts from divergence to convergence as delegates consolidate competing positions into shared national priorities.Aug 11, 2026•Kana Newsroom
InternationalSenegal's Sovereign Fund Invests $1.4 Million in a Green Dialysis Center and a Recycling CompanyWE! Fund, part of Senegal's state investment fund FONSIS, signs two agreements.Aug 7, 2026•Kana Newsroom