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TenaSeb, Makoyamoms Named Finalists in African Early-stage Startup Competition

Tech African Women (TAW), a new Addis Ababa-based continental initiative that aims to support and accelerate women-owned African tech startups, has selected TenaSeb and Makoyamoms as country finalists in its first call for applications.

Tenaseb is an application that provides education about sexual and reproductive health through consultations for women. Meanwhile, Makoyamoms is a platform that helps mothers easily get a caregiver at their disposal while offering young girls who have just graduated a job.

The two early-stage startups are part of the eight finalists from four African countries and will go through TWA’s incubation program, competing to come to the top.

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Mastercard Foundation Launches Platform to Facilitate EdTech Discussions in Ethiopia

The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Shega Media & Technology, is introducing EdTech Mondays: a monthly radio show that will serve as a platform to facilitate critical conversations on using technology for teaching and learning in Ethiopia.

To be broadcasted on Ethio FM 107.8, EdTech Mondays will discuss issues that affect the use of technology in education and bring together key stakeholders, including policymakers, EdTech entrepreneurs, teachers, and parents.

EdTech Mondays, which will air its first installment today, October 3, at 8 PM, will begin with an introduction of its objective and the benefits of EdTech in Ethiopia.

In this episode, the reason behind the show’s...

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RENEW LLC Becomes Renew Capital

More than a decade after launching an innovative public-private finance model for growing small and medium businesses in Africa, the impact investment firm RENEW LLC has relaunched under a new brand, Renew Capital.

The firm’s name change signifies a major push forward in Renew Capital’s ambition to expand its investment work to half of Africa’s 54 countries by 2027. The new brand’s bolder color palette and the shift of the Renew Capital arrow from left to right in the brand mark also symbolize the forward momentum of the firm’s pioneering investment work on the continent.

“The refreshed visual identity better communicates the boldness of our mission, our forward trajectory,...

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Meet Cache: the First Self-serve Food Delivery Platform in Ethiopia

Platform Technologies Plc is launching Cache, the first self-serve food delivery application that allows users to order food directly from nearby restaurants.

Founded by Abraham Degfe and Abubakar Salahadin, the startup says its latest product is the result of the gap it saw in the current food delivery market in Ethiopia.

When orders are placed on Cache, restaurants receive them via their admin app or web platform. When placing the order, users fill in the building where they are located, even down to the office number, enabling the restaurants to use in-house resources to effect the order.

Restaurants can easily update the menu, picture, price, and description and put up discounts and...

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Meet the Ethiopian Delegation Heading to GITEX GLOBAL

A dozen Ethiopian startups and companies are heading to one of the world’s largest startup and annual tech conferences, Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) Global,

The annual tech conference with over 100,000 visitors will be held in October 2022 in Dubai. GITEX GLOBAL 2022 congregates the ecosystem of stakeholders in the vibrant global digital economy. The large and inclusive tech show, brings together tech enterprises, governments, startups, investors, coders, academia, and youth.

The Ethiopia delegation will get dedicated promotional space at the GITEX conference named “startup pod,” where the startups can advertise their business on the spot. In addition, they will...

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SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2023 Calls for Application

The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) is calling African tech startups from the agriculture, food, and livestock sectors for a year-long tailor-made support program to make them investor-ready and scale up their business.

IRP, which aims to improve investor readiness so that the startups supported can raise more capital to reach more customers and achieve greater impact, is accepting 20 startups for 2023.

The program includes weekly advisory and coaching sessions with local and international experts, access to online training, additional services to optimize certain segments, Hub integration, and access to the GIZ-SAIS network. Additionally, the program has added services for...

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Ethiopia’s Security Agency, INSA, Makes Urgent Call to Crypto Service Providers

Ethiopia’s national security agency, Information Network Security Agency (INSA), has made an urgent call to individuals and entities involved in providing crypto services to register with the authority.

The call, which went out yesterday, urges those involved in mining and crypto transfer in Ethiopia, to register within ten consecutive working days from the date of this announcement.

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Art Ecommerce Platform Telsem Emerges Offering Ethiopian Painters a Better Deal

Telsem an online art gallery and ecommerce platform that allows painters in Ethiopia to showcase their work digitally and tap into a broad market base has launched its service.

The art marketplace that comes with online payment options, international shipping, and consulting service was developed in-house by Transcend Digital Crafts with a capital of 200,000 birr.

Telsem which aspires to solve...

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Dashen Bank Collaborates with IBM to Modernize Cloud Integration Architecture

Dashen Bank has implemented IBM Cloud Pak for Integration modernizing its cloud integration architecture.

The implementation, which enhances Dashen’s open banking experiences with fintechs, neo-banks, and telecom partners, enables Dashen to constantly onboard and integrate new apps and partners with a fast time-to-market.

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Chapa Officially Launches Payment Gateway Service

Fintech startup Chapa Financial Technologies S.C. has launched its online payment gateway service for local and international payments.

The platform, which went live today, August 17, 2022, opens doors for Ethiopian businesses, enabling them to accept payments from 4.5 billion people worldwide.

“This launch formally establishes our entry into Ethiopia’s financial sector, and we look forward...

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