Ethiopia Targets 7 Million Participants in National Coding Initiative
Ethiopia is expanding its national coding initiative toward seven million participants by the end of the 2026 rainy season, with the Prime Minister’s Office hosting a youth experience-sharing program in Addis Ababa.
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- Ethiopia is expanding its national coding initiative toward seven million participants by the end of the 2026 rainy season, with the Prime Minister’s Office hosting a youth experience-sharing program in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia is stepping up efforts to expand participation in the 5 Million Ethiopian Coders Initiative to seven million people by the end of the current rainy season, according to reports published on August 10, 2026.
The Office of the Prime Minister hosted an experience-sharing program in Addis Ababa after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called for more young Ethiopians to join the digital-skills program. Participants discussed how the rainy-season school break can be used to develop practical coding and technology skills.
The expansion is being presented as part of Ethiopia’s wider digital-transformation agenda, with an emphasis on building the human skills needed to use the country’s growing digital infrastructure. The seven-million figure is a participation target for the program, not a reported count of completed trainees.
