Besew Online Debuts as a Platform for Transparent Hiring in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s job-tech space has a new entrant. Haye Fintax Technologies has launched Besew Online, a platform developed over 18 months to connect job seekers with recruiters.

From Campus Idea to Satellite TV: Ethiopia Gets Its First Home Shopping Channel QA test

Ethiopia has its first home shopping channel. Built by five college friends, Merkato TV brings live retail to satellite television, complete with price verification from Addis markets

Can Foreign Banks Raise the Bar in Ethiopia's Digital Finance?

Foreign banks entering Ethiopia have the opportunity to leapfrog outdated metrics like branch counts or ATM networks and instead

Wegagen Bank’s Efoyta digital lending platform gets the green light from the National Bank of Ethiopia. Over 2.7 billion Birr disbursed in pilot phase, now going national. Kifiya's Qena powers it.

Wegagen Bank’s Efoyta digital lending platform gets the green light from the National Bank of Ethiopia. Over 2.7 billion Birr disbursed in pilot phase, now going national. Kifiya's Qena powers it.

Tech Non-Profit A2SV Leaving Addis for Kigali Amid Fallout with Abrehot Library QA tester is good

Africa to Silicon Valley (A2SV), a well-known tech nonprofit that upskills promising students and links them to international tech jobs plans to close its Addis offices and move to Kigali, Rwanda.

Ethiopia’s Central Bank Poised to Tweak Statutory Reserve Requirement Protocols

The National Bank of Ethiopia has proposed amendments to commercial banks' reserve requirements that includes dissolving reserve accounts and merging them into a single payment and settlement account.

How a Holiday Hassle Spawned a Thriving Culinary Business

Mahder Admasu was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when the holiday season rolled around 12

ECMA Opens Door to Capital Market Innovation with Launch of Sandbox

The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) has launched the country’s first regulatory sandbox, providing startups and established companies a flexible