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An Ethiopian Digital Media that aims to empower the youth through entrepreneurship and tech. We interview, profile, and review successful people and companies.
Dr. Abeba Birhane: The Researcher Holding AI Accountable for Its Data
Most AI researchers build things. Abeba Birhane takes them apart.
5 days ago
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How This Ethiopian Inventor Created the Pad Keeping 800,000 Girls in School
The Ethiopian engineer who patented a reusable menstrual pad, built a factory in Mekelle, and got 800,000 girls back in school.
2 weeks ago
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How Equb Makes You More Disciplined
How an ancient Ethiopian savings circle solves what a billion-dollar self-help industry can't.
3 weeks ago
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Ethiopia Emergency Funds: Evolution of Disaster Risk Financing System
Ethiopia is shifting from donor-dependent emergency aid to a domestic disaster risk fund. But is it financially strong enough for future crises?
3 weeks ago
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How Inflation Built Ethiopia's Digital Economy: The Unlikely Rise of Mobile Money
Ethiopia's inflation crisis did not just erode purchasing power. It quietly dismantled the logic of cash and pushed millions toward digital money faster than any policy alone could have.
3 weeks ago
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Why Traveling Within Africa Is Harder Than Leaving It
For Ethiopians, crossing into a neighboring African country can require more paperwork, more money, and more waiting than flying to Europe or Asia. This is not a coincidence. It is the product of deliberate policy choices, colonial inheritance, and economic structures that have never been seriously dismantled.
3 weeks ago
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Ethiopia Data Protection Law Explained
A comprehensive guide to Ethiopia's data protection law, Proclamation No. 1321/2024, covering the history of privacy rights in Ethiopia, what the current law says, data subject rights, enforcement gaps, and the future of data privacy in Africa.
3 weeks ago
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Why Ethiopians Keep Getting Scammed
Ethiopia ranked first globally in malware detections in 2024. Hundreds of its citizens have been trafficked to Southeast Asian scam compounds. Fraudsters in mobile banking are draining accounts faster than regulators can respond. Understanding why this keeps happening requires looking beyond individual bad luck and into deep structural, cultural, and technological fault lines.
3 weeks ago
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Jelani Nelson: The Ethiopian-American Scientist Behind the Algorithms That Power Big Tech
Jelani Nelson is the Ethiopian-American computer scientist whose streaming algorithms power Google and Facebook, and who flew back to Addis to teach high schoolers to code
May 2026
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Why Ethiopian Consumers Ignore Honest Ads
Research shows that the variables marketers spend the most time optimizing, such as clarity, transparency, and simplicity, may be the least relevant when it comes to conversion.
May 2026
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Job Creation in Ethiopia
There just aren't enough job vacancies for Ethiopian youth. Learn more about Ethiopia's urgent employment challenge and the government's response to job shortages.
May 2026
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Dr. Debrework Zewdie's Four Decades Reshaping Global Health
Discover how Dr. Debrework Zewdie, an Ethiopian immunologist, transformed HIV/AIDS response by securing $1 billion in World Bank funding and reshaping global health policy over four decades." keywords: "Debrework Zewdie, HIV/AIDS, global health, World Bank, immunologist, development, UNAIDS, infectious disease
May 2026
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The Real Reason Ethiopian Women Earn Less
The average salary in Ethiopia varies greatly between men and women. Why do Ethiopian women earn less?
May 2026
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Professor Yonas E. Geda: The Ethiopian Neurologist Who Won the 2022 Alzheimer Award
The Ethiopian Behavioral Neurologist Redefining Alzheimer's Prevention
May 2026
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The Case for Small Banks
As foreign banks enter Ethiopia, small banks remain vital for financial inclusion, SME credit, and stability. A balanced, diverse banking sector is key to competition and long-term economic resilience.
May 2026
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