Ethiopia ๐ช๐น overtook South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Ethiopia allocated $4.8 billion for infrastructure development in 2025 and $1.8 billion of that has been spent on purchase of construction equipment alone. Ethiopia targets gradual takeover of her infrastructure development.
Ethiopia has now overtaken South Africa that spent $1.75 billion in 2024 in construction machinery. Transformation comes at a cost.
(Akech Andrew)
.@POTUS meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the G7 summit in France: "Our relationship has been very strong for a long time... we'll discuss many things, including trade. We do a lot of business with Egypt."
๐จ๐ธ๐ด NEW: Somali referee Omar Artan, who was scheduled to referee at this summerโs World Cup, has been denied entry into the US
Artan was elected the best African referee of 2025 at the CAF awards
[@Romain_Molina]
World Cup referee - Africa's best - is denied entry to United States and sent back after landing at Miami Airport, despite having a diplomatic passport https://t.co/2JPP5NpJpT
@solassefa No doubt AI is causing job displacement, especially in developed economies. Studies (IMF, Goldman Sachs, etc.) indicate AI could impact 40-60% of jobs in advanced economies. What is interesting is the fact that tech companies are one of the most profitable businesses.
แตแแต แแแฉแณ แ แแแแ แ แตแจแณ๐๐ฟ Three years ago I shared my reflections about how Addis Ababans are disgusted by the level of corruption and nepotism of the elite Oromo PP officials and their minion counterparts. The Reporter has this out today. ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ https://t.co/DAkkCbuBRP
๐จ US EYES ERITREA RESET TO COUNTER IRAN
The Trump administration is reportedly exploring a shift in policy toward Eritrea โ including lifting some sanctions โ as part of a strategy to push back against Iranian influence in the Red Sea.
Eritrea controls more than 700 miles of coastline along a critical maritime chokepoint now threatened by Iran-backed Houthis. US envoy Massad Boulos has already met with Eritreaโs president and Egyptโs Sisi to move talks forward.
Eritrea has long been labeled โAfricaโs North Koreaโ due to its repression. But officials are now arguing that sanctions alone havenโt worked โ and the strategic stakes are too high.
The question:
Do you engage a regime like this to counter a bigger threat?
Or does that come at too high a cost?
๐จ As I have been predicting for weeks, Washington has jumped into the hornets nest of Red Sea politics, holding secret meetings with Isaias in Cairo in a bid to increase its influence in the region by lifting sanctions on Eritrea. What will Eritrea do in return? How will Addis react? What does this mean for Trump's promise to restart GERD talks? How will this a US-Eritrea rapprochement affect the SAF and Sudan's war? And what will UAE and Saudi make of the US effort to enter Red Sea political debates, seemingly aligning itself against Ethiopia? Too many questions to answer. But what I can say is that the US is doing it all without a strategy with a used truck salesman at the helm. What could possibly go wrong?? https://t.co/ztA7gLPxH7
@BMLenjiso Let us imagine what you said is correct and the government is genuinely trying to bring about national reconciliation. Why can't it start with trust building measures?
Teddy Afro's new album Etorika dropped 5 days ago.
It now has 72M+ views on YouTube.
It's trending in 22 countries.
#1 in 9 of them, No 6 in ๐บ๐ธ
This is probably the first time any Ethiopian artist have had this much exposure in the global music industry.
Let me show you how fast this is moving ๐งต