UK-Backed Green Program Targets 100 Ethiopian Startups in Second Phase

A UK-backed climate entrepreneurship program is scaling up in Ethiopia. Green Future Africa Phase II will support 100 youth-led green startups, a 10x jump from its pilot.

Ethiopian Teen Builds YScroll App to Battle Doom Scrolling

A 16-year-old in Addis Abeba turned a 5-hour YouTube Shorts binge into a startup idea. He built YScroll, an app designed to interrupt endless scrolling and help users set limits on doom scrolling.

This Ethiopian Startup Has Taught AI to Listen to Amharic and Afaan Oromo

In just over a year, Addis AI has grown to more than 100,000 users, many outside Addis Ababa, signaling how local-language AI scales when it is built natively.

This Ethiopian Startup Is Replacing Diesel Generators with Silent Hybrids

A blackout sparked an idea. An exploded diesel generator pushed it further. An Ethiopian startup is now building noiseless hybrid generators for off-grid and backup power.

Seven Ethiopian Startups Pitch Investors at Close of U.K.-Backed Accelerator

Seven Ethiopian startups pitched investors this week after completing a U.K.-backed accelerator aimed at early-stage manufacturers, as founders continue to navigate a tight funding landscape.

Ethiopian Startup Targets Paperwork Bottlenecks in Lending with Digital Appraisal Platform

From fan requests to fixing finance: the startup behind Zemeo is now digitizing loan appraisals, using Fayda ID, land records and AI to assess collateral.

This Platform is Mapping Ethiopia’s Agricultural Exports from Local Farms to Global Buyers

From satellite maps to IoT dashboards and QR-code tracking, EEM aims to bring structure and visibility to Ethiopia’s fragmented agricultural export system.

An Ethiopian Developer Who Once Failed National Exams Built a Platform to Help Others Pass

Since exam reforms in 2022, only about 4.6% of Ethiopian students have passed national entrance exams. One ed-tech startup says the problem isn’t just content, it’s structure.