Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of gadgets that let humans read each other’s thoughts and communicate with brain waves may be moving closer to reality.
A secretive new research division that Facebook created last year is developing “brain-computer interface” technology …
Source: ESAT News
A minibus full of passengers collided with a dump truck in Bora, 100 miles south of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, resulting in the death of all 14 passengers including the driver.
The minibus was traveling from Batu …
Source: Middle East Monitor
The head of the Middle East Centre for Strategic and Legal Studies, Anwar Eshki, has denied media reports claiming that Saudi Arabia intends to finance the construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam.
Retired General Eshki told …
Source: Middle East Eye
Egyptian media lashed out at Saudi Arabia following a high-level Saudi delegation’s visit to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during a trip to Ethiopia on Friday. Experts said the decision to visit the GERD was …
Source: Reuters
Ethiopia on Friday inaugurated a 1.5-billion-euro ($1.57 billion) hydropower plant along the Omo River in the country’s south that will nearly double its total electricity output to 4,238 megawatts (MW).
With a capacity of 1,870 MW, the …
A Kenyan tech engineer, who had been imprisoned in Ethiopia since 2015 when he was arrested on charges of telecommunication fraud, has died in prison.
Zak Muriuki worked for Intersat, one of Africa’s largest Internet providers before his arrest on …
Ethiopia’s burgeoning economy has lost millions of dollars due to the government’s decision to shutdown Internet and mobile services.
Ethiopia has been lauded as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. However, frequent Internet shutdowns has cost the …
Source: Africa News
Ethiopia has restored mobile Internet services after the service was blocked for over two months. The blockage was connected with anti-government protests that broke out largely in the Amhara and Oromia regions.
Mobile service was restored on …
Ethiopian authorities have charged 22 individuals with inciting violence, causing damages to government property and being members of a banned opposition group.
On Monday, the defendants were charged in a Federal High Court with being members of the Oromo Liberation …
Source: Africanews.com
The Danish ambassador to Ethiopia, Mette Thygesen, has revealed that the Ethiopian government has failed to give concrete promises on when mobile internet and social media services will be restored.
Thygesen, who is also the Danish representative to …
Ethiopian authorities have announced plans to raise 1.8 billion Birr (about $58 million) for the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation for the GERD’s construction said …
Facebook has suspended the account of popular Ethiopian online news platform Mereja.com for “violating its policies.”
Mereja’s Facebook page was suspended on Thursday for “misleading” people into liking it.
“Your Page has been unpublished for causing people to like or …
Ethiopia has restricted access to all social media sites across the country. The shutdown, which began on Saturday, is scheduled to last until Wednesday when the national university entrance examination ends.
Twitter, Facebook, Viber, and Instagram are among the social …
Ethiopian officials have announced the winners of the Grand Renaissance Dam Lottery, which was created to allow Ethiopian nationals to contribute to the construction of the 6,000 MW Dam.
The first and second winning numbers for the lottery, which is …
Ethiopian lawmakers on Tuesday passed the country’s first ever cybercrime bill. The bill was presented to parliament in April by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives (HPR) approved the Computer Crime Proclamation bill which …
Uber has launched its online transport network service in Uganda following its success in other African countries.
Kampala is the 10th city in Africa where the US multinational ride-sharing app is currently operating. Uber has already launched operations in South …
Debris from EgyptAir Flight 804 has been found in Alexandria on Friday. The Airbus 320, which was heading to Cairo from Paris, crashed into the Mediterranean with 56 passengers and ten crew members aboard.
The items which were reportedly found …
A former spokesman for Ethiopia’s main opposition group the Blue Party has been charged with inciting violence after his Facebook post critical of the government’s response to the protests in Oromia went viral.
Yonatan Tesfaye was reportedly charged on Wednesday …
Kenyan rescuers have found a one-year-old girl hidden in a bucket in the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in Nairobi on Friday.
Rescue workers found the child, who was wrapped in a blanket, in the bucket around 4.a.m …
A draft of Ethiopia’s first ever cyber crime bill has been presented to parliament this week for consideration.
The bill titled Computer Crime Proclamation, which was presented to the House of People’s Representatives by the Ministry of Science and …
Ethiopia has denied claims that the government deliberately cut Internet access to the Oromia region which has been affected by months of bloody protests.
Bloomberg reported that for over a month, people in Oromia and the surrounding regions have not …
An investigation to discover why the nose gear of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-800 aircraft collapsed before takeoff last week, has revealed that the accident was caused by human error.
According to AIN, the accident was caused by technical failures. …
Sudan’s capital Khartoum will on Friday host a tripartite meeting involving Egypt and Ethiopia. The meeting, which was postponed last Saturday, a day before it was scheduled to take place, will focus on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).…
Ethiopia is experiencing power cuts and this may become a frequent phenomenon as low rainfall has left dams with depleting water levels.
This week, there were two days of power cuts, which was reportedly caused by technical problems with the …
Hosts Ethiopia and Uganda will face-off in the semifinals of the 2015 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup on Thursday after defeating Tanzania and Malawi respectively.
Ethiopia advanced after a trilling match against Tanzania on Monday at the National Stadium in Addis …
By Olive Burrows
NAIROBI (Capital News) – International pressure is mounting on Kenya to resume flights to West Africa with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the East African Community Civil Aviation Safety and …
By Zerihun Getachew
ADDIS ABABA (EBC)-The first Science Museum of Ethiopia, which is said to help promoting science and research in the country, has been opened Monday at the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University.
The University has established the …
By Emmanuel Iruobe
VENTURES AFRICA –(Kampala)- As Africa continues to attract solutions to its infrastructure challenges, the Barclays group has indicated its readiness to fund some of the huge infrastructural projects in Uganda.
This was disclosed at a meeting between …
By K.O. Peppeh
IDGCONNECT ( Djibouti City)- Djibouti is one of the least prominent nations in Africa today, but this relatively small country nonetheless continues to play a gigantic role in the development of the continent’s ICT capacity.
Strategically situated …
Finextra- BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System payment solutions, has announced that EthSwitch has chosen SmartVista to power its national switching operations in Ethiopia.
SmartVista was selected because of its comprehensive functionality, advanced technology and proven track …
The irrigation ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan resumed their discussions over the contentious Grand Ethiopia Reniassance Dam (GERD) in Khartoum on Monday after an unexpected five-months long break.
Egyptian daily Al Ahram reported that the official opening session of …
The Reporter (Addis Ababa) – In a bid to curb the recurrent power cuts, the Ethiopian Electric Services has installed 248 transformers in Addis Ababa and the regional states.
The new transformers are expected to augment the existing old transformers …
CAPITAL FM (NAIROBI) – The Ministry of Health has, on Saturday evening, announced that it will not allow passengers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea into Kenya from Tuesday.
Health Cabinet Secretary, James Macharia explained that the decision was informed …
The Central Bank of Kenya has revealed that mobile money customers made transactions worth about KES 1.1 trillion between January and July this year.
This represents a tremendous increase from 872.1 billion during the same period in 2013. Experts say …
Four international petroleum companies have presented proposals to the Ugandan government for the development of the country’s first oil refinery in Buseruka Sub-county, Hoima district, western Uganda.
The Ugandan government officially opened the bidding process in March this year, after …
The partially state-owned Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited (TTCL) has contracted Japan’s NEC Corporation to upgrade its microwave network links across the country’s mainland, as well as in the Zanzibar island.
According to a press release by NEC, “The government has …
One of the largest telecommunication service providers in Somalia, Somtel Telecom, has partnered with France’s Alcatel-Lucent to provide Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in the country.
The high speed wireless data transfer system is expected to enable the telecom service …
A court has directed the police to finalize its investigations and file charges against 6 members of a blogging community ‘Zone 9’, as well 3 journalists, who have been in custody for about 58 days
Defense attorney, Amha Mekonnen, told …
Eritrea Telecommunication Services Corporation (Eritel) is upgrading its network to third generation technology (3G).
Local sources say the initiative began about four years ago as part of a network upgrading and expansion project.
Eritrea’s telecommunications industry is one of the …
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Tedros Adhanom, has revealed that an agreement has been reached with the Egyptian government to re-open tripartite talks – with Sudan – concerning the renaissance dam.
He made this comment at the end of a three-day visit …
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has recorded a steady rise in both the volume and value of coffee exports this year.
According to pundits, this is directly linked with the prolonged drought in Brazil. The rise in coffee prices …
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has vowed not permit the protracted diplomatic row with neighbouring Ethiopia evolve into a serious crisis.
He made this comment during his inaugural address at the Qubba Palace on Sunday, adding that Egypt recognizes the value of …
Kenblest Group, Kenya’s largest baker, is set to invest about Sh1 billion into the expansion of its milling establishment.
Business Daily Africa has quoted the Chief Executive Officer of Kenblest, Neel Shah, explaining that the company is already in talks …
The Executive Directors of the World Bank have approved a grant of over $200 million to support the Ethiopian government’s Geothermal Sector Development Project.
Reports indicate that $178.5 million came from the bank’s International Development Association, while $24.5 million came …
Numerous journalists gathered in front of the premises of the National Council for Press and Publications (NCPP) in Khartoum on Sunday to express their dissent against several limitations the state has imposed on the press.
According to local sources, …
Officials from Ethiopia and Egypt have voiced willingness to re-engage in negotiations to resolve their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Tripartite talks between the water ministries of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan broke down earlier in the year …
Rwandans will be able to access the internet on 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology by August this year.
The Minister for Youth and Information Technology, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, who announced the news to the local media, has noted …
Ethiopia’s clothing sector is experiencing a spate of rapid growth which is set to transform it into one of the most important industries in the country.
Driven by a conducive regulatory climate, cheap labour and the availability of high quality …