Deborah Mekbib is a political economist with over a decade of experience in international development and big tech. She is particularly interested in how private sector growth and technological innovation can accelerate economic growth. Recently, she has led human capital and market systems development programs within a development finance institution and has driven product and program innovations for Amazon within the UK. Beyond her professional work, she is passionate about Ethiopia's history, architecture, and social, political, and economic history and how these manifest in Addis Abeba.
May 9 , 2026
The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...
May 2 , 2026
By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...
Apr 25 , 2026
In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...
For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...
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