Ethio Lease, Ethiopia’s first privately held equipment leasing company transferred a state-of-the art Ophthalmic microscope’ worth more than 5 million Birr’ to WGGA Eye Center following the successful completion of a leasing agreement.
The transfer of the Ophthalmic Microscopes is part of multiple leasing agreements signed by Ethio Lease for high-tech medical equipment with medical and diagnostic centers throughout the country. The microscopes enable WGGA Eye Center to provide diagnostics, comprehensive eye examinations and the most advanced vision correction treatments and procedures for eye diseases and disorders.
To alleviate the shortages that hamper the private sector and the development of the country, Ethio Lease supports key sectors, including healthcare, with a variety of crucial and high-quality diagnostic medical equipment, in combination with a full-service warranty which includes spare parts and maintenance of the equipment.

The 2022 edition of the Hult Prize Addis Ababa University on campus sponsored by Kazana Group and 251 Communications & Marketing PLC concludes with a team of 4th-year students from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University advancing to the regional finals. Team Agelgil stood at the first place from their pitch on an app that facilitates on-campus food delivery services while creating job opportunities for students with financial limitations.
The Hult Prize competition is a startup accelerator for social entrepreneurship created by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, which brings together university students from around the globe to solve some of the world’s most critical issues.
This year’s Hult Prize on-campus competition is being held with the theme “Getting the World Back to Work”, with the goal of creating jobs, stimulating economies, reimagining supply chains, and improving outcomes for 2000 people by 2024 while meeting the sustainable development goals and creating a positive impact on the environment and/or society.
The app presented by the finalist team, Agelgil, in the national level was awarded first place by a panel of 4 judges that oversaw 12 teams of finalists that present their ideas.

The United States Chargé d’Affaires in Ethiopia, Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, traveled to Semera, Afar Region and met with the Afar Regional President, Awol Arba. While in Semera, she also visited recovery and humanitarian assistance efforts in the Afar Region, launched USAID’s surging emergency support for children and schools affected by conflict across Afar, and met with Semera University President Mohammed Usman.
During her visit to Semera, the Chargé d’Affaires had the opportunity to sit down with Regional President, Awol Arba Unde. Ambassador Jacobson pledged continued support from the U.S. towards the region’s recovery, including direct humanitarian aid for those displaced by the conflict. So far in 2022, the U.S. has committed roughly $90 million in Afar, including about $50 million in the development of the region and another $40 million in urgently needed humanitarian aid. The U.S. is committed to supporting the Afar region—now during the conflict and in the future, during the coming drought and floods—and is particularly focused on those who are displaced and whose communities have been ravaged by conflict and other disasters.

Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a major boost with the inauguration of a new, state-of-the-art maritime facility for the Somali Police Force (SPF) in the capital, Mogadishu, funded by the European Union and developed by the United Nations.
“In recent years Somalia has expanded its maritime law enforcement capability, allowing the SPF to deliver safety and security around Mogadishu Port and along Somalia’s coastline. This furnished and equipped base will allow the SPF to become increasingly more effective,” the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho, said in her remarks at the inauguration ceremony.
“For Somalia to continue expanding its ‘blue economy’ and benefit from wealth generating opportunities its vast coast offers, maritime security and law enforcement will need to continue playing an enabling role,” she added, while also noting that the facility will support the development of Somalia’s ocean governance structures.