Most experts agree that priming Sub-Saharan Africa’s farm economy – which typically accounts for between 30 to 40% of gross domestic product and 65 to 70% of the labor force – is vital for ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on the continent. Now, in a new and concerted push, four countries in eastern Africa […]

A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s skin, releasing a small dose of levonorgestrel, a hormone. This will happen every day for 16 years, but can be stopped at any time by using a wireless remote control. The project […]

Thirty years after the famine that killed more than a million people in Ethiopia and shocked the world into belated action, the country’s scientists and farmers are taking the fight against climate change and food insecurity down to the ground. The famine was a product of both natural and human causes, but scientists at the […]

An engine factory being constructed in Mekele Town of Ethiopia with 300 million Birr will be operational in the coming year, the Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry said. туристический онлайн-справочник Лучшие Андроид планшеты Industry General Manager Major Asefa Yohanes said that the factory will manufacture engines for light and heavy vehicles. It will also produce engines […]

Global ICT solutions provider Huawei has been nominated as the sole provider of Ethiopia’s light rail communication system set for construction in the country’s capital Addis Ababa. This will be the premier comprehensive commercial eLTE communications infrastructure for urban railways in the country. The Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit project, which is undertaken by China […]

Addis Ababa University (AAU) announced the discovery of a new technology to clean water off fluoride using a mineral named Zeolite in a collaboration with Spanish National Research Council. The university has got patent for the new technology from the Ethiopian intellectual property office. The ground water reserve in the Ethiopian rift valley has a […]

A Glasgow-based technology firm has developed a mobile app which has the potential to help millions of farmers in East Africa. Cojengo has developed the VetAfrica app will allow vets, farmers and those working in animal health in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania to diagnose diseases and identify the correct drugs to use in treatment. […]

The only foreign student in the Industrial Design Centre of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has created a design that will give Mumbai a makeover and maximise the use of limited space in the city by utilising the area in the vicinity of bus-stops to provide environment-friendly toilets as well as set up kiosks […]

Abeje Yenehun Mersha’s research focuses mainly on the teleoperation of aerial service robots. These types of robots are poised to be fundamental parts of tomorrow’s service applications for their low-cost, safety, and efficiency. These robots support humans in performing various tasks that require the ability to actively interact with remote environments while staying airborne. An […]

Ethio Telecom, Ethiopian fixed line and mobile monopoly operator has announced that it has extended telecoms network access to over 16,000 out of 18,000 kebeles, or settlements, in the country. According to the head of communication Abdurahim Ahmed, over the last decade the telco has also reduced the maximum distance that people from rural communities […]

In an interview he had with Addis Admass newspaper, Gebrealu Terefe has claimed to be the first African to make a helicopter all by his own. Gebrealu told the newspaper that it took him about two hundred thousand birr to make the helicopter. The young man said that he made the helicopters rotor blades from […]

Nineteen years old Addis Ababa university student Nael Hailemariam has been into invention and discovery from early age. He was only eleven when he invented a formula which relates with the famous Arithmetic sum formula of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss; where in the Nael’s case his formula deals with numbers being subtracted. Later […]

French satellite provider Eutelsat has said its satellite fleet has experienced a drastic rise in interference originating from Ethiopia, according to a report. NexTV reports the company’s disruptions in its satellite service from the region have increased from 5 per cent in 2010 to 15 per cent last year. HumanIPO reported last week the British […]

Metal and Engineering Corporation (MetEc) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Addis Ababa city administration and the Ethiopian Electric Power Service to produce 100 MW of electric power from Addis Ababa’s waste. MetEc has also signed an agreement last week with the Canadian company that provides the technology for generating electric power from […]

Solomon Belay, director of the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre, stands on the right-hand side of one of the observatory’s two telescopes situated in the Entoto Mountains, overlooking the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS ADDIS ABABA, Jun 6 2014 (IPS) – High up in the eucalyptus-strewn Entoto Mountains, which overlook the Ethiopian capital, […]

Southwest Technologies and its partners announced they are set to launch a data center in Ethiopia to make Ethiopia a hub for IT in Central Africa on Tuesday at the Sheraton Addis. “It’s a historic event,” Tewdros Ashenafi, Chairman—Southwest Holdings said applauding the move of the company alongside its involvement in the energy industry. “In […]