Chapter 7
The Ethiopian Context

In this chapter I will give a presentation of Ethiopia. This presentation will be geared towards ICT and information relevant to FLOSS and HISP. Ethiopia has a long history with many kingdoms having come and gone in the past two thousand years. Ethiopia is currently one of the worlds poorest nations with a GDP per capita at $800, and have been plagued by war, drought and civil unrest for decades.

 7.1 Demographics
 7.2 Ethiopia, a Land of History
 7.3 Politics
 7.4 ICT in Ethiopia