Environment & SustainabilityHow Ethiopia Plants 800 Million Trees in a Single DayA year-round supply chain of 120,000 nurseries, pre-dug planting holes, GPS-mapped land, and digital survival tracking produces the conditions for one day's planting.Jul 31, 2026•Kana Newsroom
BusinessOxano Capital Backs Kenyan Fintech Sevi, Which Lets Small Shops Order Stock on Credit and Pay When They Sell ItJul 30, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsEU and Germany Put €31 Million Through Ethiopia’s Development Bank to Reach Businesses in Afar, Amhara and TigrayJul 29, 2026•Kana Newsroom
BusinessJazeera Airways Will Fly Kuwait to Addis Ababa Three Times a Week From September 7Jul 29, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsEthiopia's Industrial Parks Export a Record $266.9 Million, 2.5 Percent of National TotalJul 28, 2026
BusinessOxano Capital Backs Kenyan Fintech Sevi, Which Lets Small Shops Order Stock on Credit and Pay When They Sell ItKenya has 1.5 million kiosks, but most lack bank loans. Sevi embeds credit into supply chains so a Kibera shopkeeper can order stock on Tuesday and pay on Friday after selling. Oxano Capital bought equity in the model.Jul 30, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsEU and Germany Put €31 Million Through Ethiopia’s Development Bank to Reach Businesses in Afar, Amhara and TigrayThe loan is channelled through four commercial banks and one microfinance institution at a subsidised interest rate. Businesses in conflict-affected regions are commercially unfinanceable under standard terms.Jul 29, 2026•Kana Newsroom
BusinessJazeera Airways Will Fly Kuwait to Addis Ababa Three Times a Week From September 7Kuwait's largest private carrier is chasing a 70,000-strong Ethiopian community into a capital where foreign arrivals climbed 15 percent last yearJul 29, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsEthiopia's Industrial Parks Export a Record $266.9 Million, 2.5 Percent of National TotalIPDC's record year traces to a 2014 developmental-state model, a 2022 AGOA suspension, and an economy that has since reformed around itJul 28, 2026
InternationalAFRICOM Brings 40 Countries to Addis Ababa for Africa’s First Combined Logistics and Communications Military Symposium.The Africa Logistics Symposium and Africa Endeavor are merging into a single event for the first time. Representatives from 40 countries and 26 industry partners arrive in Addis Ababa from July 27 to 31.Jul 27, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia’s National Dialogue Enters Convergence Phase on Day 17 as 4,000 Participants Move Toward Monday’s Full Assembly.Small groups of 10 have completed their brainstorming and are presenting to groups of 50. From Monday July 28, those 50-person groups consolidate and present to groups of 250.Jul 26, 2026•Kana Newsroom
TechnologyTony Blair Visits Ethiopia's AI Institute as IMF Report Says Artificial Intelligence Could Add 4 Percent to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economy.IMF says that with the right power, internet, and skills infrastructure, Ethiopia can create an additional 4 out of every 100 birr in economic growth over the next ten years.Jul 23, 2026•Kana Newsroom