Ride the rift and explore the beauty of the Ethiopian landscape
‘Ride the Rift’ is a pioneering partnership of four Ethiopian tour operators launching exciting and adventurous outdoor and cycling tours across Ethiopia. It is their vision to promote new outdoor destinations and activities for the …
Fashion Page
I am so excited to introduce this new section on Fashion in What’s Out. As some of you might know, I am the founder and organizer of Hub of Africa Addis Fashion Week, which is …
Turkish Athletes Train in Ethiopia for Tokyo Olympics
Turkey’s top-notch athletes have been training in one of Ethiopia’s high-altitude training sites, Sululta, with hopes to clinch the qualifying time required to compete in the marathon and 3,000 meters steeplechase in Tokyo 2020 Olympics …
Ethiopia’s Gilgel Gibe II gets digital solutions from Voith
Voith Hydro’s digital solutions are to be installed at the Gilgel Gibe II hydropower plant in Ethiopia, allowing owner Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) to carry out more efficient maintenance planning. Voith’s new contract for digital …
Tukul village Lalibela
Opened in 2007, Tukul Village is located just a 10-15 minute walk downhill from most of the major rock-hewn churches and consists of twelve red sandstone Tukul huts, each topped with a thatched roof and …
Nationwide feeding program for school children
The Ministry of Education has announced a school meals project that will benefit more than 163,000 students. The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Save the Children, has unveiled a project that will benefit 500 …
Norwegian Ethiopian singer sings lyrics in Amharic
Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix – Semi-Final 3 artists and songs revealed 17-year-old Dinaye is no stranger to Melodi Grand Prix, having reach the final of the junior version (MGPjr) in 2016. She previously competed as …
South Omo community trekking
Yared Tour & Travel is an Ethiopian tour organisation with a huge passion for creating extraordinary and responsible travel experiences involving local communities. In 2019 Yared Tour decided to co-create something really special for visitors …
Remembering Mr. Bambis
Charalambos N. Tsimas (best known as Mr. Bambis), owner of the original Bambis Supermarket passed away aged 90 on January 14th in Athens, Greece. In 1931, aged 20 he arrived in Addis Ababa after finishing …
High Flyer Tewolde GebreMariam: One of 100 Most Influential Africans
The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines has this year had to navigate the biggest crisis in the history of the international aviation sector as Covid-19 grounded planes and emptied the continent’s busiest airports. An employee of …
Naomi Girma; proud of her Ethiopian roots
Congratulations to Naomi Girma, who was voted the 2020 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. Naomi is an Ethiopian-American and the current captain of the U.S. National Women’s Under-20 Team. Naomi led the …
Rest in peace Ibrahim Haji Ali
Ibrahim Haji Ali, Journalist, linguist, singer, songwriter, & guitarist, passed away recently while receiving medical treatment. Among his stellar legacies, Ibrahim was one of the few founders of the second generation of the famous Afaan …
The Shepherd became a surgeon
Professor Mitiku Belatchew has become an internationally renowned surgeon. Born into a family of 9 in a rural area where there were no schools, he tended cows and goats from the time he was a …
Ethiopian Ayele Solomon wins Big on Shark Tank!
Congratulations to Ayele Solomon for winning a $750,000 deal with 4 sharks on Shark Tank for his Bee D’vine winery, inspired by Ethiopian national beverage t’ej. Ayele Solomon, a conservationist and Food & Magazine Tastemaker, …
Ethiopian born artist “one of 100 most influential people of 2020”
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990). He is the only child of Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye, who were Ethiopian immigrants to Canada in the late 1980s. Tesfaye was raised by his grandmother and mother …
