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Jul 23, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Cursor AI Hackathon Opens This Weekend at Adwa Victory Memorial Park in Addis Ababa.

International

Gulf-Africa Economic Dialogue hosted by Ethiopia's Institute of Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa, Ahead of 2027 GASPI Summit.

Jul 23, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Geopolitics

Why the Upstream Nile States Keep Voting the Same Way

Jul 22, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Jul 21, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia Becomes the First Country to Have Carbon Credits Verified Under the World Bank’s Forest Landscape Programme. The Credits Are Worth Up to $372 Million.

Economics Ethiopia's Avocado Harvest Starts in July. Peru's Runs Out in September. That Two-Month Window Is What the Country Is Building Its Export Strategy Around.Addis Ababa to Host Nordic-Africa EV Summit in September as Norway and Ethiopia Compare Notes on Electric Vehicles.

Bags of Ethiopian coffee beans ready for export

Ethiopia Earns Record $11.2 Billion in Exports and Ships First Goods Under Africa’s Free Trade Agreement.

Ethiopia beat its export target by 19 percent and reported its first $15 million in shipments under the AfCFTA framework — 65 percent of all AfCFTA trade in the East African region during the fiscal year.

Addis's Bus Fleet Grows to 1,628; City Orders 500 More

South Africa Presses Ahead With 5,200 MW of Nuclear Power Despite Safety Incidents.

Ethiopia National Dialogue: Day 4 Update — 7,000 on Site, Late-Joining Parties Welcomed, Full Sessions Start Monday.

Afreximbank Holds Strategic Plan 07 Retreat in Addis Ababa, Meets Ethiopian Leadership

Four years in the making: Inside Ethiopia’s Historic Quest for National Consensus.

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Afreximbank Holds Strategic Plan 07 Retreat in Addis Ababa, Meets Ethiopian Leadership

Tanzania’s Richest Man Wants to Put $100 Million Into Dangote’s Proposed East Africa Refinery.

Debre Markos Airport Reopens After 30 Years. Ethiopian Airlines Now Flies There Three Times a Week.

Africa's Green Economy Summit Connects 500 Investors to 140 Projects in First Impact Report.

Ethiopia Earns Record $11.2 Billion in Exports and Ships First Goods Under Africa’s Free Trade Agreement.

Addis's Bus Fleet Grows to 1,628; City Orders 500 More

Ethiopia's Avocado Harvest Starts in July. Peru's Runs Out in September. That Two-Month Window Is What the Country Is Building Its Export Strategy Around.

Addis Ababa to Host Nordic-Africa EV Summit in September as Norway and Ethiopia Compare Notes on Electric Vehicles.

Mobilizing the Masses: The Massive Push to Educate Voters for Ethiopia’s High-Stakes Election

Inside ‘Mirchaye’: How a New App Digitally Registered Millions of Ethiopian Voters for the First Time

High Turnout and Big Expectations: Ethiopians Flock to Polling Stations for Historic Election

Ethiopia Becomes the First Country to Have Carbon Credits Verified Under the World Bank’s Forest Landscape Programme. The Credits Are Worth Up to $372 Million.

COP32 Leadership Engages Global Finance Community at London Climate Action Week Opening

Ethiopia is planting 8 trees for every person on earth before it hosts the Global Climate Summit

Government & Policy

Ethiopia National Dialogue: Day 4 Update — 7,000 on Site, Late-Joining Parties Welcomed, Full Sessions Start Monday.

Four years in the making: Inside Ethiopia’s Historic Quest for National Consensus.

Draft Law to Make School Meals Mandatory in Ethiopian Government Schools Sent to Parliamentary Committee

International

Gulf-Africa Economic Dialogue hosted by Ethiopia's Institute of Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa, Ahead of 2027 GASPI Summit.

South Africa Presses Ahead With 5,200 MW of Nuclear Power Despite Safety Incidents.

The Cost of Fuel and the Cost of Borrowing Money Both Just Went Up in South Africa

Tony Blair Visits Ethiopia's AI Institute as IMF Report Says Artificial Intelligence Could Add 4 Percent to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economy.

Cursor AI Hackathon Opens This Weekend at Adwa Victory Memorial Park in Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia, UAE Expand Coding Initiative to Seven Million Participants

Offline Artificial Intelligence Tool Launched to Help Ethiopian Secondary School Teachers Prepare Lessons and Exams Without Internet Access

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Jul 14, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Tanzania’s Richest Man Wants to Put $100 Million Into Dangote’s Proposed East Africa Refinery.

Aliko Dangote is planning a second mega-refinery on Africa’s east coast, likely in Lamu, Kenya. Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania wants in.

Jul 13, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Debre Markos Airport Reopens After 30 Years. Ethiopian Airlines Now Flies There Three Times a Week.

The Negus Tekle Haymanot Airport in East Gojjam sat out of service for three decades. Upgraded now, its runway can handle a Boeing 737. The drive from Addis Ababa used to take seven hours.

Jul 8, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Africa's Green Economy Summit Connects 500 Investors to 140 Projects in First Impact Report.

Africa needs between $144 billion and $250 billion a year in climate financing to meet its energy transition and adaptation targets by 2030.

PM Abiy Ahmed attending a launch event for the "5 Million Ethiopian Coders Initiative"

Jul 7, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia, UAE Expand Coding Initiative to Seven Million Participants

A UAE-backed push to train young Ethiopian coders hit its target early.

Dr Abiy Ahmed arriving at the Arba Minch Conference Resort inauguration

Ethiopia Opens Conference Resort With 1,300-Seat Hall and Floating Restaurant at Arba Minch — Two Hours From Addis Ababa, on the Edge of Africa's Rift Valley Lakes.

The Resort opened on July 4 as part of the Dine for Generation programme. Ethiopia hosted 204 international conferences last year and earned $5.2 billion from tourism.

PM Abiy Ahmed and IMF Managing Director Kristalina

IMF Sends Ethiopia $200 Million Early to Help with Middle East War-Related Costs

Early IMF disbursement helps Ethiopia absorb rising fuel and fertiliser costs linked to the Middle East conflict.

CBE Preps 1.09 Trillion Birr in Loans for New Budget Year, a 68.7 Percent Jump from last year.

CBE's new loan pool is worth roughly 57 cents of every birr in Ethiopia's national budget.

The World Bank Approves $750 Million for Kenya to Strengthen Public Financial Management and Governance.

Kenya's debt is 68% of GDP, with 86% of tax revenue going to debt, wages, and county transfers. The $750 million loan also comes with governance conditions.

Jul 1, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia’s Railway to the Sea Carried 9 Percent of Its Exports Two Years Ago. Now It Carries 50 Percent.

The Ethio-Djibouti Railway is expanding with new wagons, a logistics hub near the coffee belt, and online bookings. Trucks still move 84% of Ethiopia’s trade.

Jun 29, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Addis Ababa Is Turning 47 Kilometres of Polluted River Into a Business District. Here Is the Economic Bet Behind It.

The Entoto-Kebena project spans 87.6 hectares, 10.5km and 50,330 trees. As Seoul and Singapore proved, restoring rivers grows property values and tax revenue - not just the environment.

Jun 29, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia Spent $525 Million Subsidizing Fertilizer Imports This Year. A $4 Billion Plant Under Construction Could Change That.

The Ministry of Agriculture has distributed 10.7 million quintals of fertilizer this Meher season, more than any year before.

Jun 25, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia’s 18-month-old Stock Exchange Has Four Listed Companies, 19,000 New Investors

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange is 18 months old. It has moved faster than most new exchanges on the continent.

Jun 23, 2026•Kana Newsroom

COP32 Leadership Engages Global Finance Community at London Climate Action Week Opening

Dr. Gedion Timothewos appeared at the London Stock Exchange on Monday to open London Climate Action Week, where global leaders are discussing how to direct more climate finance to lower-income countries.

Jun 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia is planting 8 trees for every person on earth before it hosts the Global Climate Summit

Green Legacy 2026 — and the road to COP32 in Addis Ababa

Government & Policy

Draft Law to Make School Meals Mandatory in Ethiopian Government Schools Sent to Parliamentary Committee

A draft proclamation before the House of Peoples’ Representatives would mandate nutritious school feeding from pre-primary through middle school.

Jun 16, 2026•Kana Newsroom

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Offline Artificial Intelligence Tool Launched to Help Ethiopian Secondary School Teachers Prepare Lessons and Exams Without Internet Access

The Ministry of Education has piloted an offline AI assistant for secondary school teachers that generates lesson plans and exams, bypassing the connectivity gap affecting 79% of Ethiopian schools.

Sports

DStv Just Made the World Cup an Addis Ababa Street Event

With exclusive rights to every FIFA World Cup match, DStv is turning Addis Ababa into a citywide fan zone through street activations, trivia challenges, decoder giveaways, and more.

Jun 9, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Addis is converting 2,000 diesel buses to run on Ethiopian gas.

Rising fuel costs, a widening subsidy bill, and global supply disruptions have pushed Addis to convert 2,000 city buses to run on Ethiopian gas. The question is who holds the margin when the fleet finally runs on it.

New Visa card from CBE and Ethiopian Airlines makes it easy for Ethiopians to pay for things when travelling or doing business overseas.

For decades, making a legitimate international payment from Ethiopia required documentation, bank queues, and frequent rejection. The new prepaid Visa card solves that.

This October at the African Energy Week 2026 Finance Summit, Afreximbank Will Reveal Where It Is Investing to Fix Africa's $50 Billion Energy Shortage

Afreximbank to Outline Where It Is Investing Across Africa's Energy Sector at Cape Town Summit.

Ethiopia's Development Bank to Offer Cheap Loans to Women and War-Affected Regions That Normally Can't Get Bank Financing

Two agreements signed on June 2 address the two groups least likely to access formal credit in Ethiopia: people in disaster-affected regions, and women.

Why Growing Truly Organic Coffee Still Forces Africa’s Women Farmers to Sell Dirt Cheap

The world is paying more for sustainably produced coffee, shea butter, and textiles. Across Africa, many of the women who make them cannot afford the certification needed to claim the premium.

Ethiopia's MESOB, Which Now Delivers 130 Government Services From One Centre, Holds Its First Board Meeting

MESOB replaces hundreds of services that once meant multiple offices, long queues, and often informal payments. Its first board meeting just happened. The scale of the change is the story.

Norway to Discuss Electric Vehicle Investment in Ethiopia at the Nordic-Africa EV Summit in Addis, Scheduled for September

The country that ended petrol as a mainstream product wants to invest in Ethiopia’s e-mobility sector. The gap between a Norwegian showroom and an Addis street is real. So is the opportunity.

International

The Cost of Fuel and the Cost of Borrowing Money Both Just Went Up in South Africa

As fuel tax relief expired and interest rates rose, consumers were left absorbing both shocks at once.

Jun 2, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Addis Ababa Opens 22 Kilometers of New Riverfront as Urban Renewal Efforts Accelerate

The 22-kilometer development combines recreation areas, river conservation initiatives, and public infrastructure as part of Addis Ababa's ongoing urban development efforts.

Jun 2, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Ethiopia's Central Bank Deploys $200 Million in Scheduled Foreign Exchange Auctions, Signaling Reform Momentum to Investors

$200 Million in Scheduled FX Auctions Underscores Ethiopia's Reform Momentum

Jun 2, 2026•Kana Newsroom

New Underwater Map of Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Reservoir Clears the Way for Commercial Fishing and Boat Transport

Arba Minch University hands over the country’s first bathymetric survey of Africa’s largest reservoir, giving engineers, fisheries authorities, and transport planners data they have never had before.

Ethiopian Airlines aircraft at Negelle Borena Geda Airport, highlighting new air connectivity between Addis Ababa and Ethiopia's remote Borena region.

From a 12-Hour Drive to a 1-Hour Flight: Ethiopia Opens Up Remote Border Region with New Airport

Ethiopian Airlines lands in Negelle Borena — a town most people have never heard of, in a region bigger than Switzerland, sitting on one of Africa’s largest pastoral economies.

Culture

From Speed’s Streams to Dylan Page’s Feed: Why the World’s Biggest Creators Are Flocking to Addis Ababa

From viral livestreams to influencer summits, a growing number of global creators are discovering a city that has been quietly reinventing itself for a decade.

Participants attend a voter education and election training session as part of Ethiopia's nationwide civic awareness campaign ahead of the 2026 elections.

Mobilizing the Masses: The Massive Push to Educate Voters for Ethiopia’s High-Stakes Election

Before June 1, Ethiopia deployed students across the country and flooded social media with ballot guides. In a nation where fewer than half of adults are formally literate, the design of democracy itself had to change.

The Mirchaye voter registration app, part of Ethiopia's digital election registration system built on Fayda digital IDs.

Inside ‘Mirchaye’: How a New App Digitally Registered Millions of Ethiopian Voters for the First Time

Ethiopia built its voter roll on a digital ID system that didn’t exist five years ago. The election is one use case. The registry is the real story.

An Ethiopian voter casts a ballot at a polling station during the country's electoral process.

High Turnout and Big Expectations: Ethiopians Flock to Polling Stations for Historic Election

Ethiopia votes. More than fifty million times.