Ge’zae: The Good Samaritan

Tech Savvy Importer, Yazew Bekele, Makes His Last Sale

Tech Savvy Importer, Yazew Bekele, Makes His Last Sale

April 3 , 2021

Alemayehu Ketsela was a young employee of Ethiopian Trade Contacts (ET-CON), an import company, when he joined Yazew Bekele for dinner with business partners at the Sheraton A...

Prominent Health Personality Dons His Last Kabba

Prominent Health Personality Dons His Last Kabba

March 13 , 2021

Just a sneak peek of Tibebe Yemanebirhan (PhD) in one of his appearances on television speaks to his status. A dermatologist, research scientist, diplomat that has represented...

Pioneer Retailer, 'Bambis,' Makes Last Sale

Pioneer Retailer, 'Bambis,' Makes Last Sale

January 23 , 2021

When he was young, Panos Tewodros could sometimes be “hot-blooded.” Working as an import manager with Charalambos Tsimas, better known as Bambis, a contraction of his firs...

Instinctually Humanitarian, Yohannes Kifle Breathes His Last

Instinctually Humanitarian, Yohannes Kifle Breathes His Last

January 16 , 2021

Bonfires are set, and children go house to house singing Hoya Hoyeduring the holiday of Buhe, which is observed annually in August by followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The song is o...

Bonfires are set, and children go house to house singing Hoya Hoyeduri...

Without Regrets, "Patriot" Fikreselassie Wogderes Passes

Without Regrets, "Patriot" Fikreselassie Wogderes Passes

December 19 , 2020

Fikreselassie Wogderess was 46 years old when he was thrown into jail after a coalition of rebel forces fought their way into Addis Abeba in 1991. The next two decades of his life would be anticlimact...

Fikreselassie Wogderess was 46 years old when he was thrown into jail...

James Wolfensohn, Debt Restructuring WB Chief, Departs

James Wolfensohn, Debt Restructuring WB Chief, Departs

December 5 , 2020

The first time James Wolfensohn started working in Africa, a continent that would virtually become his mission as one of the more famous presidents of the World Bank, it was not an easy assignment. It...

The first time James Wolfensohn started working in Africa, a continent...

Fighter with the Soul of an Artist, Yemane Kidane Passes

Fighter with the Soul of an Artist, Yemane Kidane Passes

November 29 , 2020

It did not take much more than to greet Yemane Kidane, aka "Jamaica," to have an idea of his disposition. Perennially upbeat, a glass half full kind of guy, he consistently replied back to everyone th...

It did not take much more than to greet Yemane Kidane, aka "Jamaica,"...

Goatskin Aficionado, Lemma Guya, Lays Down the Brush

Goatskin Aficionado, Lemma Guya, Lays Down the Brush

October 31 , 2020

One of Lemma Guya's paintings, "Quanta," features dried beef, four cats, spilt milk and a rat. Stripped of its context, it seems bizarre, almost meaningless; a day in the life of a chaotic group of ho...

One of Lemma Guya's paintings, "Quanta," features dried beef, four cat...