The warmth of the morning sun on your skin, a soft breeze leaves you gently shivering…Birds roaming the sky, you look up, while the clouds build to release raindrops… How breathtakingly beautiful is the silence before a storm, if only we can breathe and remain aware of our form… Spring is a metaphor for transitions. […]
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Traditional Chinese medicine is seeing a rise in popularly in Ethiopia. Patients are receiving treatment at the Chinese backed Tirunesh Beijing Hospital/Ethio Chinese Friendship Hospital in Addis Ababa. “The Chinese doctors use acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion and other techniques to treat neck, shoulder, waist and leg pains, nerve dysfunction and some mental and psychological disorders,” said
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Avenir Technologies’ Tikus Delivery is an on-demand delivery business that was started in Addis Ababa with the goal of hiring 1,000 jobless youngsters. This, according to Tikus Delivery, is only the start of an attempt to link individuals with employment, better income, happier days, and stronger communities. Tikus intends to employ 1000 young men and
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Sara Menker is an Entrepreneur and the CEO of Gro Intelligence. She is a trustee of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies and was elected one of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders. She has been selected as one of Time Magazines Most Influential People of 2021. Born and raised in Ethiopia, Sara went
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Bamboo labs is an award-winning social enterprise in Ethiopia working to address the growing aspirations for sustainable and accessible mobility in Addis Ababa. Capitalising on the huge supply of bamboo in Ethiopia and aligning with the government’s push for more sustainable modes of transport, they are producing wheelchairs and bicycles made out of bamboo for
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Don’t catch a leopard by the tail, but if you do, don’t let it go – Ethiopian Proverb Author Sam McManus has collated 15-years’ worth of adventure travel writing in Ethiopia, Japan, Bolivia, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Mongolia, Lebanon, Oman & Costa Rica in this collection of travel stories, which revolve around a central solo journey
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As you reach the gate of Teferi Mekonnen School (TMS), now called the Entoto Poly Technique College, you’re greeted with the welcoming faces of the guards followed by a request to leave your ID cards. Once you begin the long walk in the college compound, the heavenly tranquillity, the cold breeze with the scent of
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Ethiopian artefacts that were looted at the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 have been officially handed over to Ethiopian Embassy in London by the Scheherazade Foundation. The items include a handwritten Ethiopian Bible, crosses, an Imperial shield, a set of beakers, an icon and a magical scroll, were procured by the Scheherazade Foundation through a
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As I was trying to decide what or who to write about for this edition of What’s out magazine, I started looking back to our 1st event of Hub of Africa Fashion Week 2010 and wondered where some of the designers are now after 11 years. There was one designer in particular that came to
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On October 23 and 24, 2021 the Fifth Annual African Mosaique Fashion Festival and Award Ceremony will take place at the African Mosaique Design Center and Manufacturing Hub, Legetafo. A two-day festival with a fashion show and exciting shopping experience (featuring some of Ethiopia’s creative emerging talent and award-winning established designers) plus a Pop-Up shop
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