Our work in
Ethiopia
Our work in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia is home to some of our most popular radio programs. Given the country’s large population (the second largest in Africa) and strong public service broadcasting system, the programs we have supported there have reached tens of millions of people. Our projects in Ethiopia have focused on diverse topics, from the production of teff to the consumption of high-protein maize, often utilizing Community Listening Groups to drive interaction between listeners and broadcasters. Some of our most successful programs in the country have responded to urgent situations: the 2016-17 drought and the invasive Fall armyworm.
Our reach
37 million potential listeners
By combining radio coverage maps with population density information, we estimate that our partner stations in Ethiopia have a combined potential audience of more than 37 million people.
Stories
Partners
Feature projects
Feature publications
Country snapshot
175th on the Human Development Index
120,283,026 total population
78% rural population
64% employment in agriculture
39% rural access to electricity
44% women’s literacy rate
Source: UNDP, World Bank
Staple crops
Teff, wheat, maize, sorghum, barley
Our work in Ethiopia
37 Broadcasting partners
1995 First broadcasting partner joined
2010 Country office opened
2009 First radio project
Project broadcast languages
Amharic, Oromiffa, Tigrigna, Benchigna, Kefigna, Wolayetigna, Sidamigna
