Kunjina Tesfaye was fortunate enough to discover her passion at a young age. She and her sister would entertain the family with fashion shows on weekends, often wearing her mother’s oversized clothes and styling them so they would fit. She started sketching female figures at the age of 14 and designing clothes that looked more […]
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A young Azmari musician embarks on a challenging journey to Addis Ababa to improve his musicianship and find work. Yoseph Gedefaw is an Azmari, a traditional musician and singer of song-stories, who lives in Birbuax, Gondar in Ethiopia. He leaves his village to meet other Azmaris in the capital, Addis Ababa, where he hopes to
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From tech leaders, innovators, and investors to activists, Rest of World has identified 100 people outside Silicon Valley and the West whose efforts directly impact countries where the majority of the world’s population lives. They set out to find 100 of the most influential, innovative, and trailblazing personalities in fintech, e-commerce, policy, digital infrastructure, and
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Yoga is an ancient wealth of wisdom of holistic health, which is a gift passed down to us from our ancestors. The intent of yoga is to create well-being as a result of physical, emotional, mental, social, energetical and spiritual balance. When we are in balance and alignment, there is a flow, an effortless ease.
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Google has announced that Google Translate, its multilingual neural machine translation service, has begun offering the possibility of translation into 24 more languages. Ten of the new additions are African languages. The Ethiopian language list includes Tigrinya, spoken by about 8 million people in Eritrea and Ethiopia and Oromo, spoken by 37 million people in
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Tea is grown year-round on both small- and large-scale gardens that are located in the forested highlands in the south and southwest regions, where the 2100-meter elevation is ideal. Around 7000 tons are produced annually, with over half of that consumed within the country. Nearly all the exported tea is black tea. Tea plants were
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Come dine at Sinkenesh fish restaurant where they serve delicious different kinds of fish dishes, healthy juice and vegan options. In Ethiopia, Kitfo is a traditional dish that is unique to Ethiopia. Mostly made with minced beef and delicate local spices. At Sinkenesh they have given this yummy dish a healthy twist. Maintaining the deliciousness
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The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is unlike any plane you’ve seen before. A state-of-the-art teaching facility complete with operating room, classroom and recovery room – this amazing aircraft has been an example of the marriage between medicine and aviation since 1982. Equal parts teacher, advocate and envoy in the global effort to end avoidable blindness
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Kiné Circus consists of a group of artists raised within the circus world in Addis Ababa and excited to share the joy of their art form with the community around them and with the world. Circus arts have the power to build personal well-being and uplifting social spirits for the local community. Kiné Circus is
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