EconomicsEthiopia Signs Its 10th WTO Trade Deal in Five Months — This One With the UK.The agreement caps the fastest run of bilateral deals in Ethiopia's 23-year bid to join the WTO, and lands as UK-Ethiopia trade grew nearly a third in a single year.Aug 21, 2026•Kana Newsroom
CultureEthiopia's Bakers Get a New Stage: Arada Park to Host the Addis Cake & Bake ExpoAug 20, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia's New Cybersecurity Law: What Banks, Hospitals and Power Companies Now Have to DoAug 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsAddis Ababa Just Added 24 Olympic Pools of Water a Day to its Supply.Aug 17, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsFewer than 2 in 100 African infrastructure projects Default, the Lowest Rate of Any Region on EarthAug 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom
CultureEthiopia's Bakers Get a New Stage: Arada Park to Host the Addis Cake & Bake ExpoFrom August 21–23, the expo will bring together bakers, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers, packaging companies, cafés, hotels, and pastry brands.Aug 20, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia's New Cybersecurity Law: What Banks, Hospitals and Power Companies Now Have to DoA proclamation two years in drafting gives INSA audit power over 12 sectors, a licensing regime for private cyber firms, and a fund fed by fines up to 2 million birr — with one year for institutions to comply.Aug 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsAddis Ababa Just Added 24 Olympic Pools of Water a Day to its Supply.The city has switched on a new drinking water project and the Koye Wastewater Treatment Plant, adding a combined 60,000 cubic metres of clean water and 20,000 cubic metres of wastewater treatment to its daily totals.Aug 17, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsFewer than 2 in 100 African infrastructure projects Default, the Lowest Rate of Any Region on EarthAFDB says only 1.9% of African infrastructure projects fail to pay back the banks and governments that built them.Aug 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsEthiopia Plans to Export 26% More Than Last YearEthiopia exceeded its 2025/26 export target by 14%, providing the basis for the government’s 26% increase in the 2026/27 target.Aug 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom
EconomicsFriendship Park Nears a Billion Birr in Revenue in 48 MonthsA 46-hectare green space—roughly 65 football pitches—helping cool the city and manage stormwater beyond its aesthetic value.Aug 12, 2026•Kana Newsroom
Government & PolicyEthiopia's National Dialogue Set to Conclude Delegate Sessions Within Two WeeksNational Dialogue shifts from divergence to convergence as delegates consolidate competing positions into shared national priorities.Aug 11, 2026•Kana Newsroom