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Most AI researchers build things. Abeba Birhane takes them apart.

An honest essay on the hidden cost of entrepreneurship how chasing the dream quietly crowds out the people and moments that actually matter.

The Ethiopian engineer who patented a reusable menstrual pad, built a factory in Mekelle, and got 800,000 girls back in school.

How an ancient Ethiopian savings circle solves what a billion-dollar self-help industry can't.

Ethiopia is shifting from donor-dependent emergency aid to a domestic disaster risk fund. But is it financially strong enough for future crises?

Ethiopia's inflation crisis did not just erode purchasing power. It quietly dismantled the logic of cash and pushed millions toward digital money faster than any policy alone could have.

For Ethiopians, crossing into a neighboring African country can require more paperwork, more money, and more waiting than flying to Europe or Asia. This is not a coincidence. It is the product of deliberate policy choices, colonial inheritance, and economic structures that have never been seriously dismantled.

A comprehensive guide to Ethiopia's data protection law, Proclamation No. 1321/2024, covering the history of privacy rights in Ethiopia, what the current law says, data subject rights, enforcement gaps, and the future of data privacy in Africa.

Ethiopia ranked first globally in malware detections in 2024. Hundreds of its citizens have been trafficked to Southeast Asian scam compounds. Fraudsters in mobile banking are draining accounts faster than regulators can respond. Understanding why this keeps happening requires looking beyond individual bad luck and into deep structural, cultural, and technological fault lines.

Six years ago, Loline started with big dreams, limited resources, and way too much confidence for people running on little sleep. This year wasn’t the easiest. Some plans failed. Some people disappeared. Some expectations humbled us very quickly. But through all the chaos, one thing stayed the same but we kept building. This is not a success story wrapped in perfection. It’s a reflection on growth, setbacks, rebuilding, and learning how to keep going even when things don’t go as planned.

Jelani Nelson is the Ethiopian-American computer scientist whose streaming algorithms power Google and Facebook, and who flew back to Addis to teach high schoolers to code

Research shows that the variables marketers spend the most time optimizing, such as clarity, transparency, and simplicity, may be the least relevant when it comes to conversion.

There just aren't enough job vacancies for Ethiopian youth. Learn more about Ethiopia's urgent employment challenge and the government's response to job shortages.

Discover how Dr. Debrework Zewdie, an Ethiopian immunologist, transformed HIV/AIDS response by securing $1 billion in World Bank funding and reshaping global health policy over four decades." keywords: "Debrework Zewdie, HIV/AIDS, global health, World Bank, immunologist, development, UNAIDS, infectious disease

The average salary in Ethiopia varies greatly between men and women. Why do Ethiopian women earn less?