🚀 RentSmart – Coming Soon (v0)

Ever needed a camera, bike, or travel bag for just a day or two? Buying feels costly, and unused items just gather dust.

💡 RentSmart is a smart rental platform for Ethiopia, helping you rent what you need short-term, or earn by renting out unused items.

🔒 Secure Rentals: All transactions are backed by collateral to protect both renters and owners.

✅ v0 Progress:

✔️ Landing page design
✔️ Rental logic & workflows
✔️ Admin & user dashboards
✔️ Analytics & advanced filtering

✨ Future Features: Real-time chat, AI assistant, voice search.
👨‍💻 Built by: Melkie Yilk, 4th year Information Systems student.

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🤖 A GPT-like Chatbot that Understands Local Culture & Language – Now Live!

We’re excited to share a cool project from our community!

Honelign Yohannes, a 3rd year Information Systems student, has built an AI-powered chatbot tailored for Ethiopian users, powered by Google’s Gemini API.

💬 It understands local culture & context, supports Ethiopian languages, and gives concise answers rooted in our traditions — something most global AI models miss.

🎥 Check out the demo: Live

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🎉 Big Win for Our Community! 🎉

We’re excited to share that Roha Team, a group of talented 3rd year Information Systems students, won 2nd place at the Reboot the Earth 2025 Hackathon, organized by FAO, Ministry of Innovation and Technology – Ethiopia, and Ethiopian Youth Entrepreneurs Association (EYEA). 🚀

In just two days, they built an AI-powered platform 'Shemeta' that:
✅ Combines kebele-level satellite data with market demand trends to give farmers personalized crop recommendations in their local languages.
✅ Includes a marketplace view for exporters & buyers — helping farmers connect with the right buyers at the right time.
✅ Has a sustainable business model by providing actionable insights to large-scale agribusinesses.

👏 Huge congratulations to Edeal Aschalew, Abel Engidu, Berhanelidet Dima, and Nolawi Assefa for this amazing achievement!

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