{"id":2493,"date":"2026-05-18T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:31:25","slug":"prime-minister-abiy-commends-ethiopias-milestone-in-data-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/prime-minister-abiy-commends-ethiopias-milestone-in-data-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Abiy Commends Ethiopia\u2019s Milestone in Data Sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/pm-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/pm-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/pm-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/pm-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/pm-1.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AMN PLUS-May 18, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I attended the national summit and exhibition held under the theme &#8220;Data Sovereignty for Policy Autonomy,&#8221; which celebrated Ethiopia&#8217;s monumental achievement in its journey toward data and statistical sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remarkable progress I observed in this sector is highly encouraging. In this era, data is a strategic asset and a foundational pillar of sovereignty essential for building a strong nation-state. Because borrowed data or reliance on external entities cannot fulfil our national aspirations, collecting and analysing our own data through domestic capacity is a critical input to guarantee policy independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above all, witnessing data collection and analysis being driven by the knowledge and skills of our own citizens is a source of immense national pride. Furthermore, our focus on data must not only target quantifiable metrics but must also centre on human-centric approaches that bring tangible improvements to the lives of our citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed(PhD)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-May 18, 2026 Today, I attended the national summit and exhibition held under the theme &#8220;Data Sovereignty for Policy Autonomy,&#8221; which celebrated Ethiopia&#8217;s monumental achievement in its journey toward data and statistical sovereignty. The remarkable progress I observed in this sector is highly encouraging. In this era, data is a strategic asset and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethiopia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions\/2495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}