Youth around the Stadium area play ping pong to pass the time during the rainy winter. Ethiopia ranks 175th out of 191 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI), a multidimensional index that factors education, health, poverty, and other development indicators. With two million new citizens falling below the poverty line due to the protracted war in the north, studies forecast a further descent in ranking. As 97pc of 12th-grade students failed to make passing marks for University entrance this year, with the education ministry chalking it up to the improved testing methods, more and more youth spend their days fiddling on social media.