Shega Weekly – Issue 27 : xHub Addis Graduates 20 Startups And More Stories

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Shega Weekly Newsletter ( Issue # 27 ) – Here is a recap of major stories from Ethiopia’s Innovative ecosystem.
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xHub Addis Graduated 20 Startups & 137 Business Mentors

Mastercard Foundation in Partnership with JCC & xHub Addis Graduated 20 Startups & 137 business mentors for startups & SMEs.

The graduates were trained through the Center for African Leadership Studies (CALs)/xHub, and are part of the Young Africa Works(YAW) in Ethiopia program. The YAW in Ethiopia program is a partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and Jobs Creation Commission.

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At the graduation, 137 mentors were certified for completing the mentorship program designed by xHub Addis.

In addition, 20 startups that were part of the YAW incubation program pitched for an audience of potential investors, strategic partners, and government officials. At the closing of the ceremony, the startups were awarded a seed funding of 3000$ each by the Mastercard Foundation and were matched with potential investors & strategic partners that will help them further their businesses.  Read More.

Huawei Launches a $2.1 M ICT Practice Center in Addis Abeba University

Huawei together with Addis Ababa University officially launched the Huawei-AAU ICT Practice Center in Addis Ababa Institute of Technology. The project is realized by Huawei with the aim of delivering a hands-on practical experience for students and professionals.

The target of the center is to train more than 2000 engineers including students and teachers to boost the talent ecosystem of Ethiopia in the coming three years. Read More.

License, Operation, and Structure Details of the Safaricom Led Consortium

On May 22, the Ethiopian government through Ethiopia Communication Authority awarded a full telecommunication license to Global Partnership for Ethiopia.

The group includes Safaricom PLC, Vodacom Group Ltd (South Africa) through its subsidiary Vodacom International Holding, Vodafone Group PLC through its subsidiary Vodafone International Operation Limited, CDC Group PLC, and Sumitomo Corporation.

We looked at some key details we know so far about the consortium that won the bid. Read More.

Ethiopian Postal Service Going Digital

The Ministry of innovation and Technology announced that the Ministry and the Ethiopian Postal Services Enterprise with the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, have agreed to modernize the Ethiopian Postal Service.

The new digitization roadmap is expected to modernize the existing services and even add new innovative service packages. Read More.

A Portuguese Fantasy Sports Startup RealFevr Expands to Ethiopia

Fantasy Technology Solutions ( Fantasy Ethiopia ) launched the RealFevr Fantasy football platform in Ethiopia in partnership with RealFevr.

Fantasy Technology Solutions is an Ethiopian-based tech entertainment company, and RealFevr is a Portuguese fantasy sports startup. This partnership offers a fantasy football experience that is built on RealFevr’s existing platform for Ethiopian users.

In April 2021 Fantasy Ethiopia launched RealFevr in Ethiopia. It is a localized version of RealFevr that offers all of the RealFevr features to the Ethiopian market. Within two months of launch, the platform has acquired 11,000 players and has more than 90,000 visits. Read More.

Ethiopia Participated in the 5th Annual Drone World Congress

Ethiopia has participated in the 5th Drone World Congress as a country of honor on the Drone World Congress 2021 that was held from May 21 – 23, 2021 in Shenzhen, China. The Drone World Congress is an annual international event that focuses on the exchanges and discussions on the application of drone (UAV) technology.

Consul General to Guangzhou Province, China, Ambassador Ewnetu Blata represented Ethiopia at the congress. The Ambassador mentioned Ethiopia’s current initiatives that utili