Simbona Africa, a startup based out of Jimma is manufacturing a locally assembled UVC room sterilizer which was awarded a $15,000 COVID-19 response grant from Villgro Kenya to help ramp up production.
Simbona Africa developed a local UV room sterilizer used for hospital rooms, wards and medical equipment. The apparatus has 8 watts UVC lamps that emit high intensity ultraviolet light that...
Click Here to Red More on Shega.Microsoft 4Afrika Launches Virtual SkillsLab in Ethiopia in Partnership with Gebeya and Technology and Innovation Institute
Gebeya, a Pan-African Ed Tech and online talent marketplace company headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Technology and Innovation Institute (TechIn), under Ministry of Innovation and Technology teamed up with Microsoft 4Afrika to deliver a virtual SkillsLab...
Click Here to Red More on Shega.Villgro Kenya has awarded $150K in grant to 12 innovative startups from East Africa with technologies and innovations that could help in testing, monitoring, and managing aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Maisha Technology, an Ethiopian Startup is one of the parts of the 12 innovative startups that will share the grant.
Maisha Technology is startup that builds tech-based solutions for...
Click Here to Red More on Shega.Ethiopian Telecommunication Authority is inviting interested parties to submit Expression of Interest for two Telecommunication service licenses and Ministry of Finance decided to privatize 40% of Ethio Telecom.
It is remembered that Ethiopian goverment decided to partially privatize Ethio Telecom and liberalize the Telecommunication Sector in October 2018.
The much anticipated process of...
Click Here to Red More on Shega.Catch Taxi, a new ride-hailing startup that want to be a Super App of East African Market is launching in Ethiopia. It will also be launching in Kenya at the end of June and in Sudan next.
The catch is aiming to create a homegrown ride-hailing app in East Africa and bring local talents and expertise into competitive edge to compete with international players in the region.
Currently on soft...
Click Here to Red More o…A roundup of stories from technology and startup scene in Ethiopia with a focus on COVID-19.
Volunteer Ethiopians in Technology Teams Up to Fight The Spread of COVID-19
A team of volunteers in Ethiopia and US are working on developing platforms and solutions to help on the fight against the spread of Corono Virus. Hundreds of volunteers joined the “Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Tech...
Click Here to Red M…Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline, celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday with a flight operated entirely by women.
The airline announced on Twitter that its recent flight from Addis Ababa to Oslo, Norway, was made with an all-women crew.
Ethiopian Airlines #Allwomenoperated flight to Oslo has just arrived and Received a warm welcome by Diplomats and Ethiopian Community in Norway. pic.twitter.com/KBC6acrx7v— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 8, 2019
The airline said on Facebook earlier this week that the flight was operated by women from “flight deck to the ground including airport operations, flight dispatch, load control, ramp operation, on-board logistics, safety and security, catering as well as traffic control.”
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde GabreMariam told the BBC that the airline’s aim behind the initiative was to celebrate women on a continent where "gender inequality still persi…