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Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Zufan Abebe, CEO, Nib Insurance SC

The 46-year-old Zufan is one of the few female CEOs in the insurance industry. Zufan, a mother of two daughters, studied economics in her undergraduate programme and then completed an executive MBA, b...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tesfaye Debela, CEO of National Insurance Company of Ethiopia (NICE)

A 57-year-old insurance executive, Tesfaye, is married and a father of four children. He earned a diploma in insurance and a first degree in economics. He has worked in the insurance industry for a to...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tibebe Tesfaye, CEO of Global Insurance

A 47-year-old insurance executive, Tibebe is married and a father of two children. He studied his first degree in mathematics from Addis Abeba University. He earned his master's of business administra...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tefera Wondimu, CEO of Lucy Insurance

Tefera Wondimu, 60, married and a father of three, is a law graduate of Unity University in 2014. Before joining Lucy Insurance two years ago, he worked at Ethiopian Insurance Corporation for 18 years...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Yewondwosen Eteffa, CEO of Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio Re)

Yewondwosen Eteffa, married and a father of one, graduated from Addis Abeba University with a bachelor of arts in business management. He has the professional designation of DIP CII from the Chartered...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Netsanet Lemessa, CEO of Ethiopian Insurance Company (EIC)

Netsanet Lemessa, 45, married and a father of two, is an accounting graduate of Addis Abeba University (AAU). He is currently making his way through a master's of business administration for financial...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Dagnachew Mehari, CEO, Bunna Insurance S.C.

The 53-year-old CEO is married and is a father of two daughters. He earned his first degree in economics and obtained a master's of business administration from Open University Business School in Lond...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Alemayehu Tefera, CEO of Berhan Insurance S.C.

Alemayehu Tefera, 62 and a father of three, earned his first degree in economics from Addis Abeba University (AAU) in 1992 and has four decades of experience in the insurance industry. He began his in...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Gudissa Legesse, CEO of Awash Insurance

Gudissa Legesse, 51 years old and a father of six, is the new CEO of the 25-year-old Awash Insurance, replacing long-serving CEO Tsegaye Kemsi last month. Gudissa obtained his degree in business admin...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Kiros Jirane, CEO of Africa Insurance

Kiros Jirane, a 58-year-old father of three, is the CEO of Africa Insurance, a 25-year-old insurance firm. He earned his first degree in business administration from Addis Abeba University. He also ho...

Jan 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Yohannes Zewdie, CEO of Abay Insurance

Yohannes Zewdie, 53 years old, is a management graduate of Addis Abeba University (AAU). He also obtained his master's degree in management from the same university. Before joining Abay Insurance a ye...

Nov 23 , 2019

AFC Courting Ethiopia for Sovereign Membership

First established in 2007 with a one-billion-dollar contribution from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the African Finance Corporation (IFC) has become one of the prominent development lending institution...

Apr 13 , 2019

What the IMF Desires to See in Ethiopia

Fortune: The outlook for the global economy brings growth down by 0.3 percentage points, while the outlook for Africa is up by 0.3 percentage points. What is missing here? It is not so much missing...

Jan 6 , 2019

Betty G- Engages Positively

Bruktawit Getahun, Betty G for her fans, would have loved to be around for the Battle of Adwa and thinks of robots as square and scary. Third daughter to her parents, anchored but not confined, there...

Nov 21 , 2018

Despite Hurdles, the Future Spells Promise for Africa

Fortune: You have said that you are not here [the Africa Investment Forum] for the sound bites. You have been talking about deal-making and transactions, and have signed a memorandum of understanding...


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