Huawei Technologies Ethiopia, in partnership with Addis Ababa University (AAU), today officially launched Ethiopia’s first Education Benchmark Showcase at AAU’s 6 Kilo Campus. The showcase marks a milestone in the country’s digital transformation journey and highlights how AI-enabled education and smart campus solutions can shape the future of learning. 

Speaking at the event, Colin Hu, President of Enterprise of Huawei Northern Africa, emphasized Huawei’s commitment: “Education can change lives and transform nations. With technology, we can ensure that every student, every teacher, and every institution has access to the tools they need to unlock their potential. Together with AAU and our partners, Huawei is committed to connecting schools, building digital skills, and developing Ethiopia’s ICT talent for the future.” Dr.Samuel Kifle, President of Addis Ababa University, emphasized the partnership with Huawei has officially launched the Addis Ababa University-Huawei Education Solution Model Site in Ethiopia. The initiative establishes an advanced ICT Academy, a Joint Innovation Centre, and a national Digital Talent Hub, equipping students with global digital skills while fostering research in areas such as AI, cloud, and smart agriculture

With air travel demand across Africa skyrocketing and passenger expectations shifting fast in a digital-first world, airlines face mounting pressure to deliver smoother, more efficient journeys while managing increasingly busy operations. At the same time, destinations like Ethiopia are rapidly emerging as hubs for tourism, investment, and trade, raising the stakes for national carriers to leave a lasting positive impression on travelers. To meet these challenges head-on, Ethiopian Airlines and SITA have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop innovative solutions that strengthen the airline’s operations and enhance the passenger experience. The collaboration will tap into startups, technology providers, business accelerators, and industry partners to identify key challenges and create fresh, forward-looking solutions tailored to the airline’s needs

Around 60 land governance practitioners, from six countries, will gather this week in Addis Ababa to explore how to make land governance more effective across Africa, for improved and sustainable land use. The opening ceremony of the Knowledge Exchange Workshop (KEW 2025) will be presided over by State Minister for Natural Resource Management Prof. Eyasu Elias from the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The event is part of German Development Cooperation, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The Global Programme on Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP) and the Programme Strengthening Advisory Capacities for Land Governance in Africa (SLGA), jointly organise this year’s workshop under the theme: “Making Responsible Land Governance Work in the future, together: From Insight to Impact through Learning, Exchange and Collaboration.”. This Workshops marks the end to a series of KEWs across Africa over the past four years, organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, with support of GFA consulting group GmbH.

KEW 2025 will also feature field visits around Bishoftu and Addis Abeba to learn from land good governance practices in Ethiopia. KEW 2025 will include working sessions for cross-country exchange to document insights that can inform future policies and programming. (Press release)

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete has called for the continent to unite and strategically leverage its vast reserves of critical green minerals, avoid the exploitative patterns of the past and fuel its own industrial transformation. Africa’s possession of over 30% of the world’s minerals essential for clean energy technologies—like cobalt, lithium, and copper—places it “at the very heart of the global energy transition,” he said and warned that without a coordinated diplomatic strategy, Africa will remain a mere supplier of raw materials for the global energy transition, missing a historic opportunity for industrialization.

Speaking at a high-level dialogue themed, Towards an African Position on Critical Green Minerals Diplomacy during the African Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, Mr. Gatete argued the Continent should not be reduced to a raw material supplier. Africa must seize the moment to “build industries, create jobs, and promote inclusive growth.”

“Without a coordinated African stance, the risk is real: extractive models will persist, environmental degradation will deepen, and inequities in value distribution will widen. But with unity, Africa can leverage its mineral wealth to drive industrialization, advance regional value chains and power a just energy transition that leaves no one behind.”

Organized by the ECA, the event, titled “Towards an African Position on Critical Green Minerals Diplomacy,” brought together stakeholders in the climate change arena attending the Summit to discuss a cohesive continental strategy. (Press release)