Shega | Innovation,Tech & Startups

2021-12-10 12:11:01 Paga Ethiopia Expansion

Nigerian payment platform Paga plans to press ahead with plans to expand in Ethiopia in 2022, and is also considering developing a crypto-currency product in Africa outside Nigeria, CEO Tayo Oviosu tells The Africa Report.

https://www.theafricareport.com/155096/nigerias-paga-plans-ethiopia-and-crypto-expansions-in-2022-ceo-says/

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2021-12-10 11:28:30 Let’s recap 2021, Arif pay

ArifPay, a mobile Point of Sales (mPOS) provider, was announced as the winner of the first Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) challenge in Ethiopia that was held in May 2021.

https://bit.ly/3rqr7IP

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2021-12-09 16:52:38 Let’s recap 2021 , Eshi Express

A Last-mile shipping company Eshi Express has completed a seed round investment from the Addis Ababa Angels Network in June 2021.

https://bit.ly/3lrUZRx

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2021-12-08 15:29:44 Let’s recap 2021 , Guzo Technologies

In January this year, Guzo Technologies received a grant from Epic Games to fund the Ethiopian XploreR (Ethiopia XR) project that aims to promote Ethiopian historical places through gamified and immersive experiences.

https://bit.ly/3xWAh0W

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2021-12-08 15:03:19 Gebeya Announces Network Partners Program

Gebeya announces a Network Partners Program, a B2B partnership opportunity. The latest initiative leads charge for specialty Startups & SMEs to leverage collaboration for business development

https://shega.co/post/gebeya-announces-network-partners-program/

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2021-12-08 10:46:28 Ethiopia Will Host the 17th Internet Administration Forum in 2022

Mrs. Huria Ali, the State Minister for Innovation and Technology, met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin in Poland to discuss preparations for the forum, which will be held in Ethiopia next year.

Liu Zhenmin has stated that the African internet connection is poor, and that the next meeting Ethiopia will host would discuss solutions to this problem.

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2021-12-04 10:39:39 AWS is launching a new local zone in Kenya

AWS is launching over 30 new AWS Local Zones in major cities around the world. These new AWS Local Zones will be made available starting in 2022 in over 21 countries, including Kenya. AWS users in Kenya as well as in neighboring countries like Ethiopia will be able to serve their customers with lower latency.

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2021-12-03 09:31:41 https://bit.ly/31kFkfv Open / Comment

2021-12-03 09:31:21 Shega Insights brings you the most recent visual representation of CBE birr performance over the last two months.

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2021-11-23 13:07:59 In our latest visual, we have looked at Telebirr, Ethio Telecom's Mobile money platform that was launched 6 months ago.

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