The verified 12.4 million tonnes of emissions reductions are equivalent to taking every gas powered car in Addis Ababa off the road for more than four years.

Jul 21, 2026•Kana Newsroom

International

South Africa Presses Ahead With 5,200 MW of Nuclear Power Despite Safety Incidents.

Africa’s most industrialized economy South Africa and its second most populous, Ethiopia are both moving toward nuclear power, from opposite directions.

Jul 20, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Government & Policy

Ethiopia National Dialogue: Day 4 Update — 7,000 on Site, Late-Joining Parties Welcomed, Full Sessions Start Monday.

With 7,000 participants now at the Addis International Convention Center, the Commission prepares to start thematic sessions on July 21 while keeping its doors open to holdout parties.

Jul 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Bags of Ethiopian coffee beans ready for export

Economics

Ethiopia Earns Record $11.2 Billion in Exports and Ships First Goods Under Africa’s Free Trade Agreement.

Ethiopia beat its export target by 19 percent and reported its first $15 million in shipments under the AfCFTA framework — 65 percent of all AfCFTA trade in the East African region during the fiscal year.

Jul 18, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Business

Afreximbank Holds Strategic Plan 07 Retreat in Addis Ababa, Meets Ethiopian Leadership

The bank that underwrote $2.5 billion for Dangote, launched a trading house with former Shell traders, and now manages $48.5 billion in total assets is deciding where to put the next round of capital.

Jul 16, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Government & Policy

Four years in the making: Inside Ethiopia’s Historic Quest for National Consensus.

Around 4,000 delegates from every region of the country and the diaspora are gathering at the Addis International Convention Center for three to four weeks of structured deliberation on eight national agenda items.

Jul 15, 2026•Kana Newsroom

Business

Tanzania’s Richest Man Wants to Put $100 Million Into Dangote’s Proposed East Africa Refinery.

Aliko Dangote is planning a second mega-refinery on Africa’s east coast, likely in Lamu, Kenya. Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania wants in.

Jul 14, 2026•Kana Newsroom