News & Events

TechnoServe looks to Apposit for hosting data collection services
07/20/2010 - 10:24

TechnoServe's Coffee Initiative in Ethiopia will be working with Apposit to allow their field staff to submit daily and weekly reports to management via SMS and IVR. Apposit will be providing a hosted data collection platform based on its Multi-Channel Message Processor (MMP) platform. This will be another first of its kind in Ethiopia, and will facilitate the flow of information in a timely and cost effective manner.

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EICTDA chooses Apposit to launch its mobile government vision
06/04/2010 - 04:49

The Ethiopian ICT Development Authority has selected Apposit to help realize its vision of providing mobile government services. Apposit was selected over numerous international bidders to develop SMS based services for citizens. The project will begin with a couple of pilot services still to be determined. Apposit will be implementing these services using its Multi-Channel Message Processor (MMP) platform, which has also been used by the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange as well as international clients as their preferred multi-channel communication platform.

Ethiopia Postal Service selects Apposit for Integrated Human Resource and Payroll System
02/20/2010 - 02:00

The Ethiopian Postal service selected Apposit to deliver an integrated human resource management and payroll system for its head office and all zonal postal offices. Apposit will be implementing its existing suite of human resource and payroll products, as well as undertaking specific customizations for the Ethiopian Postal Service.

The proposed solution is a browser based application that will be hosted centrally and made accessible to all post office locations over a wide area network.

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Pagatech Holdings joins forces with Apposit to deliver mobile payment systems in Nigeria
02/02/2010 - 02:00

Pagatech Holdings Ltd. has selected Apposit as their chief technical partner for their vision of creating a "cashless society". Pagatech will launch their first product offering, called Paga, in Nigeria in Q2 2010. Paga is an innovative, open, secure, and interoperable mobile payments platform that allows any person who has a mobile phone to transact electronically – thus turning the mobile phone into an electronic wallet. Pagatech intends to continue to expand its set of innovative products aimed at banking the un-banked and enabling a cashless society thorughout Africa.

Ethiopia Commodity Exchange selects Apposit over multiple international bidders to implement SMS & IVR system
06/28/2009 - 17:00

Apposit recently won a groundbreaking contract that will implement Ethiopia’s first widespread application of SMS and IVR technology to help ECX disseminate commodity price information to hundreds of thousands of farmers in Ethiopia.

Read ECX's press release.

Eric Chijioke, Managing Partner at Apposit, submits jquery struts tags to Apache Project
11/05/2009 - 17:57

The Apache Struts project is the most popular Java enterprise user interface application development frameworks. jQuery is one of the most popular javascript & AJAX development frameworks.

Eric Chijioke, Managing Partner at Apposit speaks at EITPA / UNECA Conference
11/05/2009 - 17:52

Eric Chijioke, Managing Partner at Apposit, was invited to speak at the FOSS conference at the UNECA by the Ethiopian IT Professionals Association (EITPA) on Open Source and its applications in the private sector.

Apposit interviewed for Balancing Act’s report on ICT in Ethiopia
01/16/2009 - 02:00

Russle Southwood, Balancing Act's editor, talks with Adam Abate, Managing Partner at Apposit about ICT in Ethiopia. Balancing Act is the leading source for information on the telecoms, Internet and audio-visual media industries in Africa.

Read the article.

The Diaspora and Ethiopia
05/17/2008 - 00:21

DIE ZEIT, Germany’s most widely read German weekly newspaper, writes about how Ethiopia is booming despite its history of wars and famine. It points to the story of Adam Abate, Managing Partner at Apposit, and how he sees many opportunities for his business in Ethiopia.