SIMUR Technologies – For Reconstraction of Tigray

We envision a technologically empowered and thriving society in Tigray.

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Join us in our mission in the reconstruction of this war-torn region and to improving the livelihood of its people through innovation and deployment of practical and impactful technological solutions.

Degree of the devastation

Tigray has been completely devastated, and Its economy, infrastructure including but not limited to, healthcare, education, agriculture, industries, and all forms of private and public wealth have been totally destroyed due the war that started November 2020 and lasted for two years. In the words of former U.N. humanitarian chief, Under Secretary-General Mark Lowcock, back in June 2021: “Businesses have been destroyed. The economy has been destroyed. Crops have been destroyed. Farms have been destroyed.”

“ Before the conflict, the region’s health system was based on a sturdy foundation with enhanced community engagement, in addition to an Early Warning, Alert, and Response System. With the looting and destruction of facilities across Tigray, the family health system has collapsed. A damage assessment study conducted by Mekelle University revealed that 78 percent of health posts, 72 percent of health centers, and 80 percent of hospitals have been destroyed.” ~ Dr. Hagos Godefay, Former Head of Tigray’s Health Bureau

Source: Page 43 of ‘**Starving Tigray**: How Armed Conflict and Mass Atrocities Have Destroyed an Ethiopian Region’s Economy and Food System and Are Threatening Famine’ World Peace Foundation, April 2021

Images of the Almeda Textile factory tweeted by Desta Haileselassie, after destruction. Almada Textile was the leading textile manufacturer in Tigray.

Source: Page 27 of ‘**Starving Tigray**: How Armed Conflict and Mass Atrocities Have Destroyed an Ethiopian Region’s Economy and Food System and Are Threatening Famine’ World Peace Foundation, April 2021

Source: Tigray’s landscape restoration threatened by the Conflict and Environement Observatroy(CEOBS), April 2022

Source: SUMMARY REPORT OF HUMAN & MATERIAL DAMAGE ON TIGRAY’S EDUCATION by Tigray Education Bureau, Dec 2021

“Tigray lies in ruins. Almost every aspect of the region’s social, cultural, economic, and infrastructural assets has been damaged. ” Ethiopia Insight, April 2022

Intervention Areas

The degree and magnitude of the destruction is such that there is no economic, social, inducstrial or any other infrastructure that will not require to be rebuilt from scratch. However, given the educational background and professional experience of the founding members, SIMUR Technologies has identified the following sectors as the initial focus/intervention areas.