Ethiopian Filmmaker Yared Shumete was named the grand Finalist for Africa in the global Democracy Video Challenge competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of state, You Tube and many other partners, Embassy of the United States to Ethiopia said.

The recent deployment of the SEACOM broadband cable off the coast of east Africa has sparked "the dawn of a new era" in Internet communications in the region.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Thursday in Addis Ababa launched a network of community of experts and institutions involved in technology development and transfer in Africa, composed of leading African agencies responsible for technology development, adaptation, diffusion and transfer.

Ethiopia will host an international short film festival from 14 to 19 June 2010 where 100 films will be shown, the organizer said here on Sunday.

The third Information Communication Technology (ICT) development exhibition and summit opened here on Wednesday.

Ethiopian Airlines continues to refute any suggestions or conclusions made in reference to the recent accident of ET409 until the official results of the investigations are publicly released.

Four Ethiopian journalists were on Monday honoured by the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Ethiopia (FCAE) at its annual Excellence in Journalism awards ceremony held in honor of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

Fortune - The Council of Ministers decided on March 5, 2010, to establish the Information and Communication Technology Park Corporation with a capital of five billion Birr.

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists, was hosted last Friday, 22 January 2010, for the first time by leaders of the Commission of the African Union (AU) at its headquarters in Addis Ababa on the eve of the meeting of African leaders.

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has held talks here with executives of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ).