Etenat Awol

Startups| Feminism | Literature

[Etenat Awol @AwolEtenat]

So so, some of my poems are translated into Espanol!

[Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín @poesiamedellin]

"¿Qué somos?
¿Qué somos realmente?
¿Un sueño en la ciudad
O un recuerdo, a la carretera?"
@AwolEtenat

@mincultura
@AlcaldiadeMed
@CONFIARCoop
@WorldPoetryM
@Culturantioquia

Programación #33FIPMed
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[Etenat Awol @AwolEtenat]

@denk_tweets @beehiiv Price:))

[Etenat Awol @AwolEtenat]

The first edition is out now.
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[Etenat Awol @AwolEtenat]

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Published every two weeks, the newsletter explores Ethiopian creative work/cultural production as both artistic expression and economic activity: looking at meaning, craft, labor, production, and value.

[Geeska - چيسكا @Geeskaplatform]

The World Cup was meant to be the culmination of Omar Artan’s remarkable rise. His exclusion from it revealed something equally striking, the magnitude of the admiration he had earned at home and globally.

✍️ @FaisalAHAli
https://t.co/7FfeyUZnFZ

[Hasab AI @Hasab_AI]

Introducing 'HoPR Explorer', built by @Hasab_AI.

Every word spoken in the Ethiopian Parliament is now searchable, readable, and understandable by anyone, anywhere.

Translate debates → English, French, Arabic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrigna

https://t.co/uEjvFsrtCR

[The Africa Institute @theafricainst]

📢 #OpenCall 2026: Apply for the Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship at @theafricainst @GSUSharjah

📅 Deadline: March 1, 2026

Apply and learn more: https://t.co/vpTYeux7xq

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

Ethiopian startups are increasingly looking beyond Addis and finding opportunity in Kigali. Faster registration, clearer rules, and investor-friendly policies are driving a quiet shift toward Rwanda.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.
https://t.co/9IrLt20XDL

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

Closing Ethiopia’s gender gap in digital finance won’t happen with slogans. “Women-centric” DFS too often means minor tweaks to products never designed around women’s real lives.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗙𝗔𝗗𝗔.
https://t.co/yEYRiAcT69

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

ArifPay acquires a majority stake in Ethiopia’s first digital tipping platform, Jami. Founder Nathan Damtew remains CEO as the platform gears up for growth.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲
https://t.co/xDywETQi1S

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

Bitcoin miners say Ethiopia’s new electricity tariff plan for the sector could wipe out 90% of operations by 2027, slashing EEP’s potential revenue by over $300M in the coming years.

Read more of the analysis.

https://t.co/RlL0un6HEU

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

New survey shows only ~50% of Ethiopia’s primary students have access to textbooks, a sharp drop from near universal coverage in the 2010s.
https://t.co/KCMBwNZCOM

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

From TikTok ads to fake embassy letters, Ethiopia’s new migration fraud industry preys on hope. Young people are losing life savings chasing overseas jobs that don’t exist. The scam starts digitally. The damage is real.

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.👇
https://t.co/rymqXWoVei

[African Writer Magazine @AfWriterMag]

if depression is a city, i still live
there — with familiar ghosts
for neighbors
every time i think of death...

Anthony Ikeh | Gaslighting My Depression https://t.co/n6iG9hWW7E

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

Young Ethiopians are inviting AI chatbots into their most personal spaces, helping with meal plans, guiding Bible study, and even mediating friendship disputes.

https://t.co/lelTTBNqiN

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The Lebanese Marxist thinker Mahdi Amel developed a version of Marxism that was grounded in the experience of colonized societies, showing how class struggle converges with the fight for national liberation.
https://t.co/q37mpQJtt3

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

A year after floating Ethiopia’s exchange rate, Central Bank Governor Mamo Mihretu steps down. His tenure was brief, his reforms unfinished, and Ethiopia's economy questionably transformed.

https://t.co/InMcr4RGf1

[Tigabu Haile @tigabu_haile]

The hardest thing is learning from people you don’t like. Yet often, they’re excellent at something you need. It is useful to find a way to learn from them.

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

Ethiopia’s youth unemployment has made fake jobs thrive online. Verified badges, big promises, small deposits. The scams are slick, the victims are young job seekers.

https://t.co/QrkOqbIXQt

[Etenat Awol @AwolEtenat]

Displaced people from Kiramu (East Wollega) and Dano (West Shewa) in Oromia, now sheltering in Jara and China camps in Amhara region, are being told their abandoned land would be “confiscated” if they didn’t pay taxes on it.

https://t.co/AuPRWxRAb2

[Shega Media @shegamedia]

After 7 months in detention, WebSprix CEO Dawit Birhanu has been released. Prosecutors dropped all charges, which stemmed from a disputed audit alleging unpaid taxes.

https://t.co/ZhEj0pQwlw