INNOVATOR SHOWCASE – MONTHLY INNOVATOR PROFILES
Every few months, Ethiopian Innovator will feature monthly profiles of entrepreneurs undertaking innovative business activities that have the potential to make significant social impact as they scale up their operations.
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
SHEGER AI
SHEGER AI Sheger AI is an AI hub that makes the AI tools that are provided by Open AI available here in Ethiopia by shaving off the inconveniences and limitations…
TENAWO
COMPANY NAME: TENAWO DIGITAL HEALTH FOUNDERS:Dr. Sisay Abebe (BSc., MD)Ishac Mohammed Adem (BSc., PharmD)Wondimu Negash ( BSc.)Meseret Haileyesus (BSc., BA, MPH, RA)Abenezer Yoseph Kebede (BSc.)Kibruyisfa Mekbeb Tadesse (BSc.)Animut Tagele Tamiru…
COMPANY – ADDISTAG SYSTEMS PLC
COMPANY - ADDISTAG SYSTEMS PLC FOUNDER - YAFET BIRHANU INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSPassion for programming and experience of new software technologies especially location-based solutions like mobile maps and web…
COMPANY – EDMONIA ICT SOLUTIONS, FOUNDER – BEZAWIT WORKU
COMPANY – EDMONIAICT SOLUTIONS FOUNDER – BEZAWIT WORKU INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSWe believe that human beings are born with enormous capacity and potential. As such our inspiration is to…
COMPANY: 50 LOMI
FOUNDER (S):Temesgen Fesseha, Co-founder/ Marketing and Sales; Dagim Feyessa, Co-founder/ Developer; Yonathan Feyessa, CEO/Developer / Co-founder; Abdurazak Abrar, Co-founder/ Chief Technical Officer.INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSMost business in Ethiopia have…
COMPANY: LIK-TERA
COMPANY: LIK-TERA FOUNDER: SAMUEL GIZAW INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSFour years ago while I was running an offline business, I could not sustain my business due to the fact that…
COMPANY NAME: KURAZTECH
COMPANY: KURAZ TECH FOUNDER (S): BIRUK MAMO: CEO and Founder of Kuraztech; Biruk Fekade – COO and Founder of Kuraztechwww.kuraztech.comINSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS:Many countries in the world actively use…
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…
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: 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…
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: 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…
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 : 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: 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 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 – 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 – 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…
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- 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…