The Ethiopian Tech Scene

Safaricom Ethiopia Expands 4G Network to Gambella

African countries continue to be among those most targeted by malware attacks.  Of the top 20 countries attacked in November, seven are on the continent.  Ethiopia is the most attacked country of the 107 surveyed, while Zimbabwe ranked 4th with a 82,8% Normalised Risk Index, Uganda 9th and Angola 10th, with a Normalised Risk Index of 67,8- and 67,5% respectively, Ghana 13th with a Normalised Risk Index of 62%, Mozambique 17th with a Normalised Risk Index of 58,3%, Nigeria 19th and Kenya 20th, with a Normalised Risk Index of 56,9- and 55,8% respectively.  South Africa moved down the rankings to be positioned at 67th with a Normalised Risk Index of 39,1%. Continue Reading...

On a Friday night about six months ago, a local journalist was on her way home after a long stay at the office. As usual, she went on the Feres taxi-hailing app and requested a corporate ride for a trip from the Stadium area to her home in the city’s outskirts around the Bole Arabsa neighborhood. A driver accepted the trip and informed her that he was on his way to pick her up. Being a regular customer of the Service, she assumed nothing out of the ordinary as she hopped into the vehicle that matched the credentials on the app. Just a few minutes into the ride, she realized that the trip was anything but ordinary as the driver began making sexual advances at her. Continue Reading...

Elite Fintech Solution, a local startup, has found a home in neighboring African countries after facing regulatory roadblocks in its base of operations. The three-year-old firm, founded by Alazar Solomon, is now bidding to transform SME credit facilitation in Kenyan, Mauritian, and Ugandan markets through the combination of AI tools and data analytics. Continue Reading...