Ethiopia Makes History With Their New President
[AdSense-A] Embed from Getty Images Ethiopia’s parliament has made Sahle-Work Zewde the country’s first female president. And while the role is largely ceremonial, her appointment…
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Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Disarms Armed Protesting Soldiers With Push Ups
[AdSense-A] Several hundred of Ethiopia’s soldiers entered Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office grounds in the capital to demand a pay raise. Some of them…
Ethiopia Prime Minister’s New Defense Minister Is A Woman and So Is 50% Of His Ministerial Cabinet
[AdSense-A] Ethiopia’s reformist prime minister announced Tuesday. A new cabinet that is half female, in an unprecedented push for gender parity in Africa’s second-most-populous nation.…
African Presidents Confront China On Trade Imbalance And China Says This
Tea is Kenya’s biggest export earner, topping tourism and coffee. But ask any Chinese person what they know Kenya for, and they’ll say elephants or…
Ethiopian Airlines Breathes Life Back Into Zambia National Airline At Cost Of $30 Million
[AdSense-A] Ethiopian Airlines has signed a shareholding agreement with Zambia’s main development agency. This is to relaunch the southern African country’s flag carrier at an…
Uber Rival Taxify Bets On Motorcycles And Rickshaws In East Africa
[AdSense-A] Taxify, an Estonian ride-hailing company aiming to take on Uber in emerging markets. It will invest millions of euros in East Africa in the…
Ethiopia Wants Its Looted Artifacts Returned And London Gives Interesting Response
[AdSense-A] With colonialism and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade came the loss of Africa’s artifacts and items of cultural heritage. These items now sit at museums…
Africa’s Second Most Populous Country Elects Historical Leader
[AdSense-A] Ethiopia’s parliament has elected Abiy Ahmed as the new prime minister. This is coming a week after the ruling coalition nominated him to succeed…
Ethiopia PM Resigns In Bid For Sustainable Peace and Democracy
[AdSense-A] Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has resigned unexpectedly, saying he hoped to end years of unrest and political upheaval. In a televised address, he…
African Vibes Magazine’s 2017 African Billionaires List
[AdSense-A] It was an interesting year for African billionaires as some fortunes shrunk and others grew. Notably, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s wealth dropped by…