{"id":279181,"date":"2019-06-17T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiVGh0dHBzOi8vcXouY29tLzE2NDQ1MzYvaG93LXNoZW56aGVuLWlzLWZ1ZWxpbmctZXRoaW9waWFzLWJ1cmdlb25pbmctc3RhcnR1cC1zY2VuZS0yL9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:16:31","slug":"quartz-said-shenzhen-suppliers-were-powering-ethiopias-growing-tech-startup-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/279181","title":{"rendered":"Quartz said Shenzhen suppliers were powering Ethiopia\u2019s growing tech startup scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 June 2019 Quartz reported that China\u2019s Shenzhen, once known mainly for cheap copycat goods, had become a leading hardware and supply partner for Ethiopia\u2019s growing tech startup scene.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-501854\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Addis-Ababa-forced-eviction.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Quartz said Shenzhen suppliers were powering Ethiopia\u2019s growing tech startup scene\" \/>\n<p>The piece, part of a series on China\u2019s global reach, linked Addis Ababa founders to Shenzhen factories and components that made local gadgets and prototypes cheaper to build.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as tech and investment archive, the Quartz story dates Shenzhen\u2019s mid-2019 role in Ethiopia\u2019s startup supply chain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1644536\/how-shenzhen-is-fueling-ethiopias-burgeoning-startup-scene-2\/\">Quartz<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Shenzhen is fueling Ethiopia&#8217;s burgeoning startup scene&nbsp;&nbsp;QuartzThe Chinese city of Shenzhen, which was once known for making cheap copycats, is now a leading player in Ethiopia&#8217;s burgeoning tech startup scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":501854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Addis-Ababa-forced-eviction.jpg?fit=966%2C607&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aCV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755242,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279181\/revisions\/755242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}