December 6, 2020 Below are updates from EIR news on China’s progress in eliminating poverty and generating abundant energy for the future. Despite continued malicious geo-politically motivated attacks on China, China is making progress that benefits all of humankind. Africa’s relationship with Africa is positive, assisting African nations in building much needed infrastructure. Science and Read more
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Ethiopia is set to launch its second satellite into space, again with China’s help
By Zecharias Zelalem August 25, 2020 Ethiopia is finishing plans to launch its second satellite into orbit next month, just eight months after the launch of its ETRSS-1 Satellite last December. The country’s space ambitions, backed by China’s funds and its satellite launch sites, has seen Ethiopian engineers design the satellites in an initiative co-funded Read more
Chinese phones with built-in malware sold in Africa
Malware which signed users up to subscription services without their permission has been found on thousands of mobiles sold in Africa. Anti-fraud firm Upstream found the malicious code on 53,000 Tecno handsets, sold in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa. Manufacturer Transsion told Buzzfeed it was installed in the supply chain without its knowledge. Read more
1st Ethiopian-Assembled All-Electric Hyundai Ioniq Rolls Out Of Haile Gebrselassie’s Marathon Motor Engineering Plant
July 27th, 2020 by edzai Joseph Kuhudzai Marathon Motor Engineering, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Olympic Champion Haile Gebrselassie, has started assembling the all-electric Hyundai Ioniq in Ethiopia. We must say this is an awesome move by Marathon Motor Engineering and Hyundai to jump straight in with an all-electric car. We recently shared progress on VW’s Read more
Signing on: The deaf workers weaning a capital city off plastic bags
Teki’s employees arrange a paper bag display. Photograph: Nils Adler What do you say to a business owner who has heard it all before? Answer: Don’t speak, use sign language. At least that’s the novel approach taken by Teki Paper bags, an Ethiopian enterprise developed by deaf women. They certainly have the numbers to back Read more
Lost Ethiopian town comes from an ancient empire
Ethiopia : The lost town of Beta Samati – Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient buried town in Ethiopia that was inhabited for 1400 years. The town was part of a powerful civilisation called Aksum that dominated East Africa for centuries and traded with other great powers like the Roman Empire. “This is one of the Read more
Ethiopian Student Torpout Nyarikjor Creates a Non-Invasive Malaria Detection Device
By Kylie Kiunguyu Torpout Nyarikjor, an engineering student at Dilla University in southern Ethiopia has invented a malaria detection device. The “Tor” which is the name of the device, uses lasers to ascertain infection in the blood and is 70% accurate. The World Health Organisation African Region carries a disproportionately high share of the global Read more
Could this be the reason why Ethiopian app riding service stopped operating in Addis Ababa?
Mounir Nakhla, founder and CEO of Halan, is seen during an interview with Reuters in Cairo Egyptian tuk-tuk start-up Halan to expand to Ethiopia By Yousef Saba CAIRO (Reuters) – Halan, an Egyptian technology start-up that uses two- and three-wheeled vehicles to transport passengers and goods, will begin operating in Ethiopia before the end of Read more