The Monday Ethiopia Update — July 27, 2026

The Monday Ethiopia Update, July 27 2026, Issue No. 1

The Monday Ethiopia Update · Issue No. 1

Five stories that matter to the Ethiopian American community, in English and Amharic. Every story links to its source. Every story carries the date of the event it describes.


Technology and education

Ethiopia and UAE expand coding programme to seven million

Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates agreed on July 6 in Dubai to expand the 5 Million Ethiopian Coders initiative to seven million participants, after the programme passed its original target 18 months early.

Enrolment reached 5,005,146 by June 2026, the two governments said, against a goal set when the initiative launched in July 2024.

The programme offers free online training in programming, data analysis, Android development and artificial intelligence fundamentals, with certificates issued by Udacity.

At least half of all participants are meant to be women, a target carried over from the programme’s design.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged students to enrol during the summer break and return to class as certified digital leaders.

For families here whose relatives are job-hunting in Addis, a free internationally recognised certificate is one of the few credentials available without tuition or travel.

CIO Africa

አማርኛ

የኢትዮጵያ ኮደሮች ኢኒሼቲቭ ወደ ሰባት ሚሊዮን ተስፋፋ

ኢትዮጵያና የተባበሩት ዓረብ ኤምሬቶች “5 ሚሊዮን የኢትዮጵያ ኮደሮች” ኢኒሼቲቭን ወደ ሰባት ሚሊዮን ተሳታፊዎች ለማሳደግ ሐምሌ 6 ቀን 2026 በዱባይ ተስማምተዋል።

ኢኒሼቲቩ በሰኔ 2026 አምስት ሚሊዮን አምስት ሺህ 146 ተመዝጋቢዎችን አስመዝግቧል።

በሐምሌ 2024 የተጀመረው መርሐ ግብር በፕሮግራሚንግ፣ በመረጃ ትንተና፣ በአንድሮይድ ሶፍትዌር ልማትና በአርቴፊሻል ኢንተለጀንስ መሠረታዊ ትምህርቶች ነፃ የመስመር ላይ ሥልጠና ይሰጣል።

ሥልጠናውን የሚያጠናቅቁ ተሳታፊዎች በዩዳሲቲ የተሰጠ ዓለም አቀፍ ዕውቅና ያለው የምስክር ወረቀት ያገኛሉ።

ቢያንስ ግማሽ ተሳታፊዎች ሴቶች እንዲሆኑ ግብ ተቀምጧል።

እዚህ ላሉ ቤተሰቦች፣ በአዲስ አበባ ሥራ ለሚፈልጉ ዘመዶቻቸው ይህ ያለክፍያ የሚገኝ ዓለም አቀፍ የምስክር ወረቀት ጠቃሚ ዕድል ነው።

ምንጭ፦ ሲአይኦ አፍሪካ


Health

Robotic surgery training centre opens in Addis Ababa

The China-Africa Robotic Surgery Training Center and the China-Africa Endoscopic Technology Training Center were unveiled July 27 at Silk Road General Hospital in Addis Ababa.

About 40 trainees from Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Libya and Ethiopia took part in the first endoscopy training programme, taught by Chinese specialists.

President Taye Atske Selassie spoke at the launch, which was held under the China-Africa Hospital Alliance.

Organisers said the alliance is building long-term arrangements for knowledge sharing and staff exchange between Chinese and African medical institutions.

Ethiopia has been expanding specialty medical training, an effort the health ministry has tied to persistent shortages of specialists across the country.

For patients, the practical question is whether procedures that once required travel abroad become available closer to home.

Xinhua

አማርኛ

በአዲስ አበባ የሮቦቲክ ቀዶ ሕክምና ማሠልጠኛ ማዕከል ተከፈተ

የቻይና-አፍሪካ የሮቦቲክ ቀዶ ሕክምናና የኢንዶስኮፒ ቴክኖሎጂ ማሠልጠኛ ማዕከላት ሐምሌ 27 ቀን 2026 በአዲስ አበባ በሚገኘው ሲልክ ሮድ ጠቅላላ ሆስፒታል ተመርቀዋል።

ከሱዳን፣ ከታንዛኒያ፣ ከኡጋንዳ፣ ከጋና፣ ከሊቢያና ከኢትዮጵያ የተውጣጡ 40 ያህል ሰልጣኞች በመጀመሪያው የኢንዶስኮፒ ሥልጠና ተሳትፈዋል።

ፕሬዚዳንት ታዬ አጽቀ ሥላሴ በምረቃ ሥነ ሥርዓቱ ላይ ንግግር አድርገዋል።

አዘጋጆቹ እንዳሉት፣ በቻይና-አፍሪካ የሆስፒታሎች ኅብረት አማካኝነት የዕውቀት ልውውጥና የባለሙያዎች ተሞክሮ መጋራት ይጠናከራል።

ኢትዮጵያ የልዩ ሙያ የሕክምና ሥልጠናዋን እያሰፋች ሲሆን፣ የጤና ሚኒስቴር ይህንን ከባለሙያዎች እጥረት ጋር አያይዞታል።

ለታካሚዎች ዋናው ጥያቄ ቀደም ሲል ወደ ውጭ አገር መሄድን ይጠይቁ የነበሩ ሕክምናዎች በአገር ውስጥ መገኘታቸው ነው።

ምንጭ፦ ሺንሁዋ


Business

Ethio Telecom reports 215.8 billion birr in annual revenue

Ethio Telecom collected 215.8 billion birr in revenue during the 2018 Ethiopian fiscal year, chief executive Frehiwot Tamiru said at a press briefing in Addis Ababa on July 23.

Frehiwot said the results were achieved under the company’s three-year Next Horizon strategy, which targets a leading role in Africa’s digital economy and entry into markets outside Ethiopia.

Telebirr, the mobile money service the company launched in 2021, reported 60.6 million users and 4.19 trillion birr in transactions during the 2025/26 fiscal year.

Ethiopia now has close to 50 million active mobile money accounts, after moving from a largely cash-based economy within a few years.

For the diaspora, the shift matters most at the receiving end: money sent home increasingly lands in a phone rather than at a counter.

Addis Media Network

አማርኛ

ኢትዮ ቴሌኮም በበጀት ዓመቱ 215.8 ቢሊዮን ብር ገቢ አገኘ

ኢትዮ ቴሌኮም በ2018 በጀት ዓመት 215.8 ቢሊዮን ብር ገቢ መሰብሰቡን ዋና ሥራ አስፈጻሚዋ ወይዘሮ ፍሬሕይወት ታምሩ ሐምሌ 23 ቀን 2026 በአዲስ አበባ በሰጡት መግለጫ አስታውቀዋል።

ፍሬሕይወት እንዳሉት ውጤቱ የተመዘገበው በተቋሙ የሦስት ዓመት “ቀጣዩ አድማስ” ስትራቴጂ አማካኝነት ነው።

በ2021 የተጀመረው ቴሌብር በ2025/26 በጀት ዓመት 60.6 ሚሊዮን ተጠቃሚዎችና 4.19 ትሪሊዮን ብር ግብይት አስመዝግቧል።

ኢትዮጵያ በአሁኑ ወቅት ወደ 50 ሚሊዮን የሚጠጉ ንቁ የሞባይል ገንዘብ ሒሳቦች አሏት።

ለዲያስፖራው ማኅበረሰብ ለውጡ የሚታየው በተቀባይ በኩል ነው፤ ወደ አገር ቤት የሚላከው ገንዘብ ከጠረጴዛ ይልቅ ወደ ስልክ እየገባ ነው።

ምንጭ፦ አዲስ ሚዲያ ኔትወርክ


Investment

Ethiopian and American business leaders meet in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian officials and American investors held a public-private dialogue in Addis Ababa on July 23 aimed at removing barriers to investment between the two countries.

The forum was convened jointly by the Ethiopian Investment Commission, the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian-American Chamber of Commerce, under Ambassador Girma Birru, chairperson of the Ethiopian Investment Board.

More than 50 members of the American Chamber of Commerce attended, along with representatives of development partner organisations, the investment commission said.

Discussion focused on market access, regulatory obstacles and the conditions needed to expand private-sector investment.

Separately, Finance Minister Ahmed Shide met Mark Michel, a U.S. Commerce Department official for African affairs, to discuss new areas of investment cooperation.

Ethiopian American business owners weighing a return investment now have a named chamber and a standing forum to raise problems through.

Ethiopian News Agency

አማርኛ

የኢትዮጵያና የአሜሪካ የንግድ መሪዎች በአዲስ አበባ ተወያዩ

የኢትዮጵያ ባለሥልጣናትና የአሜሪካ ባለሀብቶች በሁለቱ አገራት መካከል ያሉ የኢንቨስትመንት እንቅፋቶችን ለማስወገድ ሐምሌ 23 ቀን 2026 በአዲስ አበባ ተወያይተዋል።

መድረኩ በኢትዮጵያ ኢንቨስትመንት ኮሚሽን፣ በአሜሪካ ኤምባሲና በኢትዮ-አሜሪካ የንግድ ምክር ቤት በጋራ የተዘጋጀ ሲሆን፣ የኢትዮጵያ ኢንቨስትመንት ቦርድ ሰብሳቢ አምባሳደር ግርማ ብሩ መርተውታል።

ከ50 በላይ የአሜሪካ የንግድ ምክር ቤት አባላትና የልማት አጋር ተቋማት ተወካዮች ተገኝተዋል።

ውይይቱ በገበያ ተደራሽነት፣ በሕግና ደንብ እንቅፋቶችና የግሉን ዘርፍ ኢንቨስትመንት ለማስፋፋት በሚያስፈልጉ ሁኔታዎች ላይ አተኩሯል።

በተጨማሪም የገንዘብ ሚኒስትር አቶ አሕመድ ሺዴ ከአሜሪካ የንግድ ሚኒስቴር የአፍሪካ ጉዳዮች ኃላፊ ማርክ ሚሼል ጋር ተወያይተዋል።

በኢትዮጵያ ኢንቨስት ለማድረግ የሚያስቡ ኢትዮጵያዊ አሜሪካውያን ነጋዴዎች አሁን ጥያቄያቸውን የሚያቀርቡበት መደበኛ መድረክ አላቸው።

ምንጭ፦ የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት


Diaspora Desk

Ethiopian Community Center marks 46 years in the Washington area

The Ethiopian Community Center, founded in 1980 to help newly arrived families settle in the Washington, D.C. area, marked its 46th year of operation, the city of Takoma Park said in a July 6 newsletter.

A spokesperson for the organisation said early arrivals faced language barriers, employment difficulties and unfamiliar systems for immigration, education, healthcare and work.

Community leaders founded the centre to serve as both a support network and a route to opportunity, the spokesperson said.

The organisation has since widened its services to the broader African immigrant community in the region.

The Washington metropolitan area holds the largest Ethiopian community outside Africa, a population built by successive waves of arrivals since the 1970s.

Institutions like this one are where a community’s history is actually kept, and where the next arrivals still land.

City of Takoma Park

አማርኛ

የኢትዮጵያ ማኅበረሰብ ማዕከል በዋሽንግተን አካባቢ 46 ዓመታት አስቆጠረ

በ1980 በዋሽንግተን ዲሲ አካባቢ አዲስ የሚደርሱ ቤተሰቦችን ለመርዳት የተቋቋመው የኢትዮጵያ ማኅበረሰብ ማዕከል 46ኛ ዓመቱን አክብሯል ሲል የታኮማ ፓርክ ከተማ ሐምሌ 6 ቀን 2026 ባወጣው መጽሔት አስታውቋል።

የተቋሙ ቃል አቀባይ እንዳሉት፣ በመጀመሪያዎቹ ዓመታት የደረሱ ቤተሰቦች የቋንቋ እንቅፋት፣ የሥራ ችግርና ያልተለመዱ የኢሚግሬሽን፣ የትምህርት፣ የጤናና የሥራ ሥርዓቶች ገጥመዋቸው ነበር።

የማኅበረሰብ መሪዎች ማዕከሉን ያቋቋሙት ድጋፍ ሰጪ መረብም ሆነ የዕድል በር እንዲሆን ነው ብለዋል።

ተቋሙ ከዚያን ጊዜ ወዲህ አገልግሎቱን በአካባቢው ላሉ ሌሎች የአፍሪካ ስደተኞችም አስፋፍቷል።

የዋሽንግተን አካባቢ ከአፍሪካ ውጭ ትልቁን የኢትዮጵያ ማኅበረሰብ የያዘ ነው።

እንደዚህ ዓይነት ተቋማት የማኅበረሰቡ ታሪክ የሚቀመጥባቸውና አዲስ የሚደርሱ ሰዎች የሚያርፉባቸው ናቸው።

ምንጭ፦ የታኮማ ፓርክ ከተማ


AI Ledger. Drafted with AI assistance from the sources listed above. Amharic produced with AI assistance. Facts, sources and Amharic verified by Dereje Desta.


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