</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">His Excellency Ato Temesgen Tiruneh, Deputy Prime Minister, added, "What startups contribute to the socioeconomic development is huge. This is why it is enabling nations to be more influential, even in politics, where we witness how countries with startups have boosted their GDP." "</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Following the event, Blen Hailu, CEO & Co-founder of startup Kabba Transport, commented. The energy was amazing, and the sessions were packed with valuable insights, from AI-powered ideation to securing startup funding. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 1em 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="color:#000000">To view the full competition framework, click here: </span><span style="color:#467886"><u><a class="v1v1x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" href="https://vimeo.com/579838511."
