Issue 3 : Ethiopia's 'Shark Tank'

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The fifth Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) will be hosted virtually this year on November 9, 10, and 12. Read more about it here.The entrance tickets are available in Ethiopia through all Amole channels ( My Amole Telegram bot, Dashen Bank S.C. branches, Post Offices in Addis Abeba, and Amole Mobile application & Internet Banking. Delegates should select Till Number 43750466 to access #AFTS2020 tickets. 

Ethiopia's 'Shark Tank' Is Back With Another Season

Chigign, a reality tv show that provides startups founders an opportunity to showcase their businesses and pitch their startups to Angel Investors in Ethiopia, is looking for entrepreneurs to appear in the 4th season of the show. 

The platform allows entrepreneurs to gain access to capital and management expertise, where the one with the best business will receive investment. The panelists are some of the leading business owners and CEOs in the country.  Find the details here. 

National Bank to Introduce Centralized Bank Borrowers Database National Bank is expected to introduce a centralized bank borrowers database according to Yinager Demisse (PhD) of National Bank. The database will allow banks in Ethiopia to know their client's credit status, make the right decision, and reduce the risk of having a high number of non-performing loans.There are already 3 million bank borrowers that are added to the database by the National Bank of Ethiopia. Read more. 

Tebita Ambulance Looking to Expand Tebita Ambulance, a social enterprise that provides a pre-hospital emergency medical Service is looking to expand its business as COVID creates more needs for emergency services. Read More. 

A visual we did a few months ago covering the Fintech Ecosystem in Ethiopia. 

A Mobile App to Support Women Entrepreneurs Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), that supports over 38 thousand growth-oriented women-owned micro and small enterprises, in partnership with World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab, the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice, and the ITS Technology and Innovation Lab (ITSTI) brought an innovative idea of a mobile application to help women entrepreneurs in the pandemic crisis. The mobile app is expected to tap into point-of-sale (POS) data for firms and generate business insights as well as transactional records, to help the firms improve operations, maximize profits and obtain digital credit scores to access emergency loans. Load More

Bank Comparison WebsiteThis website will help you compare Banks in Ethiopia. Banksethiopia.com, compares currency transaction rates,  diaspora related benefits,  loan Interest,  saving Interest, and technical depth.

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Free Webinar For Ethiopian Entrepreneurs With Addis AlemayehuRead The Story of Ethiopian Custom Commission Paperless System Implementation by Webb  Fontaine.If you are here because someone forwarded you this email, you can subscribe here to get future newsletters.