Human Ipo By Susan Mwenesi All-female Ethiopian accounting startup Online Hisab will be launching its services to the general public in July, aiming to enhance and facilitate financial management for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Pitching at the PIVOT East startup event in Nairobi, Kenya, business development lead Etsie-Hirst Girma said currently the problems plaguing
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EFF BY EVA GALPERIN In the Ethiopian community, bloggers, journalists, and activists are all targets of increasing levels of surveillance and intimidation. The Ethiopian government has used its monopoly on telecommunications to restrict its citizens rights to privacy and freedom of expression. The websites of opposition parties, independent media sites, blogs, and several international media
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AP (AP Photo/G Data Software, Frank Born) BERLIN (AP) — A cheap brand of Chinese-made smartphones carried by major online retailers comes preinstalled with espionage software, a German security firm said Tuesday. G Data Software said it found malicious code hidden deep in the propriety software of the Star N9500 when it ordered the handset
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Phys.org Doctoral candidate Abeje Yenehun Mersha designed novel human-in-the-loop control architectures for this new and advanced generation of aerial service robots. Mr. Mersha is affiliated with the CTIT research institute of the University of Twente, in The Netherlands. He is due to obtain his doctoral degree on Friday June 13th. The need for robots able
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Venture burn By Erik Hersman Kenya- Having recently visited Addis Ababa, I thought I might write down some of my impressions. The last time I was here was over 20 years ago, as I would fly between Khartoum and Nairobi for boarding school. Needless to say, much has changed, except for the warm hospitality of
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ABC Rural By BRETT WORTHINGTON An ox and plough to prepare African crops PHOTO A small scale Ethiopian farmer cultivating his maize crop using traditional methods. SUPPLIED: JOHN FERRIER Preparing for sowing with just an ox and plough is unfathomable for Australian croppers. But that’s the reality grain grower John Ferrier, from Birchip in north
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Rapid Tv Television transmissions from channels carried by Arabsat have suffered intentional signal interference from international jammers based in Ethiopia, according to the regional satellite operator. The Saudi-based organisation says it resents the “illegal act” and expressed surprise at this “vandalism”, given there are no Ethiopian or Eritrean channels among the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite bouquets
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Rapid Tv Television transmissions from channels carried by Arabsat have suffered intentional signal interference from international jammers based in Ethiopia, according to the regional satellite operator. The Saudi-based organisation says it resents the “illegal act” and expressed surprise at this “vandalism”, given there are no Ethiopian or Eritrean channels among the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite bouquets
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LA Times Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and others at a news conference Monday. (Justin Lane / EPA) By TINA SUSMAN U.S. announces charges against purported users of Blackshades, a software program that can hijack computers U.S. officials say Blackshades, which infected half a million computers, underscores the threat
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By Gianluca Mezzofiore, IB Times May 14, 2014 Dr Ala Shahabi A British citizen at the forefront of the Bahraini 2011 uprising who was allegedly targeted by spy technology from a UK-based company has urged the British government to be held accountable for alleged violation of export laws. In a case that highlights the danger
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