INNOVATOR SHOWCASE – MONTHLY INNOVATOR PROFILES
Some of these innovations may already be taking place in other countries. In our showcase section, besides homegrown innovations, we are recognizing those entrepreneurs that are replicating innovations from other countries. There is much we can learn from other countries, and we want to encourage replicating/ building on best practice.
Most of the entrepreneurs profiled every month have already been operating at least a year and have developed products that they have introduced to the market. A few have their product developed but have not entered the market. The main challenge they all face is access to finance to scale up their operations and make impact.
CONTACT
For those people who are interested in finding out more about the SOCIAL /DIGITAL INNOVATORS that we have profiled, please email us at: ethiopianinnovator@gmail.com
COMPANY: ALEBET STRING ART STUDIO
COMPANY: ALEBET SPRING ART STUDIOFOUNDER: ALEMAYEHU BEKELE INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:His love of architecture and art. BACKGROUND OF FOUNDER: Education:Graduate of University of Mekelle, Ethiopian Institute of Technology (2017)…
BAMBOO LABS
COMPANY: BAMBOO LABS FOUNDER: ABEL HAILE GIORGIS: INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS: Bamboo is a sustainable material of the 21st century and Ethiopia holds the highest share of bamboo…
GREEN ETHIOPIA
COMPANY: GREEN ETHIOPIA FOUNDERS:1.Biruktawit Dawit2. Ghionawit Gebru3. Iman Mustafa4. Birtukan Legessa INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS: Due to an increase in demand of agriculture production, the need of soil fertility…
COMPANY NAME: AKLILL
COMPANY: AKLILL FOUNDER: YIDIDIYA DAMTEW INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Ethiopia has ample cultural and natural resources but little has been done in utilizing this resource for sustainable product development. When…
COMPANY NAME: ETHIOPIAN SKIN BEAUTY SECRETS
COMPANY NAME: ETHIOPIAN SKIN BEAUTY SECRETS FOUNDER: YORDANOS GOUSHE INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS: Addressing the issue of finding effective and safe beauty products that work for black women’s hair …
BASSO COLLECTION
COMPANY: BASSO COLLECTION FOUNDER: SALSAWIT TSEGA INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Salsawit was always curious about tires and tubes and used to experiment with such materials at a young age. Her…
COMPANY-WHIZ KIDS
COMPANY: WHIZ KIDS FOUNDER: BRUKTAWIT TIGABU INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSMore than 300,000 children under five die in Ethiopia every year, 70 per cent of them from diarrhea, malaria, pneumonia,…
COMPANY- NUTRI-DENSE AGRO FOOD PROCESSING
COMPANY - NUTRI-DENSE AGRO FOOD PROCESSING FOUNDER: ALEM GREILING INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:As a nutrition advisor, I observed that our community is not always used to consuming healthy and…
TEBITA AMBULANCE SERVICE – FOUNDER: KIBRET ABEBE
COMPANY: TEBITA AMBULANCE SERVICE(www.tebitaambulance.com)FOUNDER: KIBRET ABEBE INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSKibret Abebe is a professional anesthetist with over 25 years’ experience. He established TEBITA Ambulance after witnessing the poor conditions…
COMPANY – TARSAM GREEN
COMPANY: TARSAM GREEN FOUNDER: TARIKAYEHU GEBRE SELASSIE INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS Most of the products which are available in the market for agriculture sectors such as for farmers and animal…
COMPANY – TESFAYE, LIYA, WOINSHET, ECO PAPER MANUFACTURING P/SHIP
COMPANY – TESFAYE, LIYA, WOINSHET, ECO PAPER MANUFACTURING P/SHIP FOUNDER: TESFAYE MEKONNEN INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS Tesfaye Mekonnen started his paper recycling business in 2015 with the vision of producing…
COMPANY NAME: ASBEZA TECHNOLOGIES AND DELIVERY, PLC
COMPANY NAME: ASBEZA TECHNOLOGIES AND DELIVERY, PLC FOUNDER: BEREKET TADESSEINSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Simply because it was a problem for me. Five years ago when my wife had our first…
COMPANY: SABI
COMPANY NAME: SABI FOUNDER (S): ABDULAZIZ YESUF, BEKA, BELACHEW, ZELALEM TEKLUINSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS: We noticed the opportunity to provide affordable tech talent to startups in the U.S and…
COMPANY : GOODAYON
COMPANY NAME: GOODAYON (https://gooday.io) FOUNDER: ALEM ABREHA INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Lack of digital presence and access for low economy-class gig workers. Gig workers in home cooking, cleaning and repair…
COMPANY: TOLOMART TRADING PLC.
COMPANY NAME: TOLOMART TRADING PLC. FOUNDER: GIRMACHEW TEFERA INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Alibaba, Amazon and eBay played a big role inspiring us to build an e-commerce platform called tolomart which…
COMPANY: TERAKI APP
COMPANY NAME: TERAKI APP FOUNDER: NAHOM TSEGAYE INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:The scarcity of Ethiopian audiobooks and podcasts and the unavailability of a free platform for creators to house audio…
TELSEM ROBOTICS AND AI
COMPANY NAME: TELSEM ROBOTICS AND AI FOUNDER: MESERET AMBEL INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Students are losing interest in learning through regular education since it is mostly theoretical. They often don’t…
COMPANY NAME: GUZO TECHNOLOGIES
COMPANY NAME: GUZO TECHNOLOGIES FOUNDER: DANIEL GETACHEW INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS: Guzo Technologies has one big vision and that is to place itself on top through contributing innovative products…
COMPANY NAME: BALUBET
COMPANY NAME: BALUBET FOUNDER: JERUSALEM MERSHA INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Jerusalem started the company to create jobs for the many youth who became unemployed as a result of the motorcycle ban…
COMPANY NAME: YENEPAY FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, PLC
COMPANY NAME: YENEPAY FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, PLC FOUNDER: SISAY GETNET KELKLE INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS: A few years back, I had a first-hand experience to see how difficult it is…