Tech Hub

WELCOME TO CRAFTOPIA HUB A place where builders, researchers, engineers, makers, programmers, recyclers, and students work together to create real systems from reclaimed materials and open technology. Craftopia Hub is not just a lab. It is: • A fabrication workshop • An AGI-assisted research environment • A clean energy experimentation center • A hardware innovation ecosystem • A community-driven engineering platform Current focus areas: - Metaspire AGI control system - Pyrolysis fuel reactor - H-Line radio telescope - Biogas systems - Algae bioreactors - Thermal battery storage - DIY scientific instruments - Autonomous sensor networks Built in Africa. Built for real-world engineering. Built to scale. 37 members and growing. Thursday • 7 May t.me/CraftopiaHub

Week two results are out! We’re still holding our position thanks to all of you, family. We’re heading to the final, but we need more votes to finish what we started. Betemariam Tiruha Category: Inspiring Journey of the Year Week: Secured 1st place cast your vote here:https://lnkd.in/duG9nbAN LinkedIn Awards Ethiopia

🥳Big Moment for Ethiopia! He did it! Natnael Getenew has won the AWS 10,000 Aldeas Global Innovation Award. His project, Ivy is an AI tutor built on Amazon Web Services that works offline on low-cost phones helping students learn in Amharic.

Big thing on horizon. Craftopia Hub coming. Stay close. Stay curious. Follow us for reveal.

-The Y Combinator deadline is May 4 a top startup program. -The Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) Speedrun deadline is May 17 helps founders build fast.

Its fully Confirmed now That Anthropic is adding Ethiopia to Supported Countries List!!! Its rolling from Claude code first!

KUKA robots at an innovation center in Russia use simple industrial code and functions to control movement and perform tasks like welding and assembly with high precision.

KUKA robots at an innovation center in Russia use simple industrial code and functions to control movement and perform tasks like welding and assembly with high precision.

Thrilled to announce that my collaborator, kalab , and I just launched two fully developed games in 48 hours during the CRAFT Game Jam (April 24–26). Leveraging Unreal Engine , we built “Wave Cup” and “KGP New Mexico” from scratch under extreme time pressure. Special thanks to all our sponsors and partners: Chewata Awaqi - ጨዋታ አዋቂ, efuye gela , CRAFT Addis , Zeleman Communication , and Creative Hub Ethiopia. Without your support, this wouldn’t have been possible. Now we need your vote! Visit itch.io (https://lnkd.in/e37-UVw5) to cast your vote for your favorite game. The top games will be showcased April 30 – May 2 at CRAFT Addis. Let’s redefine the game development landscape. See you at Adawa!

Grateful to share that I secured 1st place in Round 1 of the Inspiring Journey of the Year at LinkedIn Awards Ethiopia! Thank you to everyone who supported and believed in my journey .The competition is getting tougher, but we keep moving forward. Let’s keep the momentum going https://lnkd.in/duG9nbAN I still need more vote

🚀 Big Moment for Ethiopia! A developer from Addis Ababa has reached the finals of one of the largest AI competitions (AWS Aldeas 2025) Top 50 out of 10,000+ projects worldwide! His project, Ivy, is an AI tutor that works completely offline, helping Ethiopian students learn in Amharic even without internet. Now the winner is decided by community support 🙏 ✔️ Sign in with Google ✔️ Hit Like Let’s support and make history together Ethiopia deserves to be seen on the global stage Please share! 💚 Vote here

The hardest part isn’t the journey, it’s choosing to start.🖋