Issue 81: Duty Payments, Playful Learning & Impressive Achievements

Telebirr Comes for Duty, Tax Payments 

Ethio Telecom and the Ethiopian Customs Commission have reached an agreement to facilitate tax and duty payments through telebirr. Read more.

Four Ethiopian Companies Selected for the 2023 BimaLab Africa Insurtech Accelerator Program

Four Ethiopian companies have been selected to participate in the 2023 cohort of the BimaLab Africa Insurtech Accelerator Program which aims to support promising insurance innovators and ventures in Africa. Read more.

Redefining Learning in Ethiopia: Playful EdTech Solutions for Foundational Education

Ethiopia invests heavily in education and has tripled primary school net enrollment since 2000, but recent studies have revealed a decline in the quality of education. Find out how edtech can help improve literacy and numeracy skills in our latest feature. Read more.

Chapa Transacts One Billion Birr Worth of Transactions in 2023

Ethiopian payment processor Chapa has announced that it has reached a new milestone and has processed one billion birr worth of online transactions since the start of 2023. Read more.

Two Ethiopian Startups Named Finalists for 2023 East Africa Com Awards

Two Ethiopian startups, Arifpay Financial Technologies, and Omishtu-Joy AgTech Engineering, have been named finalists for the 2023 East Africa Com Awards. Read more.

Raxio Data Centers Raises up to $170m Sustainability-Linked Debt Facility to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Africa

Raxio Data Centers, an African data center operator with a presence in Ethiopia, has announced that it has secured a sustainability-linked debt facility of up to $170 million to finance its data center development and expansion plans in Africa. Read more.