Yodit Kassa
Chief Business Development Officer, Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX)
Yodit Kassa is a seasoned education and business development leader with a strong track record in the research and financial sectors. With a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from Addis …
Dr Kebede Worku
CEO, African Center for Early Childhood Development (AfC-ECD)
Dr Kebede Worku is a highly experienced public health leader with over two decades of service in Ethiopia’s health sector. Trained as a medical doctor with a Master’s in Public Health, he …
Yemeserach Belayneh
Senior Advisor, Global Reproductive Health, Packard Foundation
Yemeserach Belayneh is a regional advisor to the Global Reproductive Health Initiative, contributing to the initiative’s strategy, grantmaking, evaluation and learning for East and West Africa.
For the past 20 years, as the …
Misrak Makonnen
Misrak Makonnen, Country Director, Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia
As Country Director of Amref Health Africa, Misrak Makonnen leads a team of 350 employees working throughout Ethiopia to create lasting health change. During her tenure, Amref Ethiopia has precipitously expanded
Dr Addis Tamire
Dr Addis Tamire is a Senior Director for Integrated Health System Investments at Amref Health Africa-Ethiopia, bringing over 20 years of experience as a distinguished Medical Doctor and Public Health Expert. A Harvard-trained Deliverologist and Transformation Specialist, he has supported …
Breaking Barriers: Economic Empowerment and Better Family Planning Outcome
When Tesfanesh, a mother of two who lives in Hembecho kebele, in Southern Ethiopia, joined her kebele’s Women Economic Group (WEG) she knew her life would change.
She could not have predicted just how much it would change.
The Group …
Blooming Where Planted: The Dividends of Investing in Young Women
Dr Rediet Nigussie, 24, knew from an early age that she wanted to make a positive impact on the world. She became a doctor and then a dedicated advocate for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health rights (AYSRHR). “My …
Empowered Youth Empower Youth
In a country like Ethiopia with a ballooning, educated, and young population, it is often difficult to find the right opportunity to advance both your passion and career. My name is Nuhamin. I am 26, and born in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. …
Coming Back Home: Resiliency, Setting Firm Roots, and Earning a Living
Poverty and lack of opportunity to better herself pushed Yerom, a new mother, to leave Ethiopia and migrate to the Middle East leaving behind her husband and child.
After paying the 20,000 ETB fee to an agent with money she …
Gaming the System: Winning the Fight Against Trachoma
On a brightly colored mat laid under a tree, young children gather around a game designed by Amref. The game challenges the school children to find ways to protect themselves from Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Ethiopia …