{"id":279271,"date":"2019-06-18T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CAIiEKDjT2OcSFA7ju__sBLTeXcqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowi4-MATDXsRUwhPieAw?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:16:26","slug":"quartz-said-ethiopias-sheba-valley-startups-were-hurt-by-social-media-and-internet-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/279271","title":{"rendered":"Quartz said Ethiopia\u2019s Sheba Valley startups were hurt by social-media and internet blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 June 2019 Quartz Africa reported that Ethiopia\u2019s emerging tech scene, sometimes called Sheba Valley, was taking direct hits from social-media blocks and a week-long internet shutdown that left founders unable to work online.<\/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 Ethiopia\u2019s Sheba Valley startups were hurt by social-media and internet blocks\" \/>\n<p>Tech workers told the outlet that blackouts cut payments, client calls, and product launches even as investors watched the same network cuts that officials tied to national exams and security.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as tech-economy archive, the Quartz report dates how mid-2019 internet restrictions disrupted Ethiopia\u2019s startup corridor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/africa\/1646789\/ethiopia-tech-startups-hurt-by-social-media-block-internet-shutdown\/\">Quartz Africa<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia tech startups hurt by social media block, internet shutdown&nbsp;&nbsp;QuartzTechies say internet blackouts have dire consequence for the fast-emerging tech scene, also referred to as &#8216;Sheba Valley.&#8217;<\/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-279271","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-1aEn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279271","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=279271"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755265,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279271\/revisions\/755265"}],"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=279271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}