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Jan 5 , 2020

Yared Mola, CEO of Nyala Insurance S.C

Yared Mola, 50, is married and a father of four. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in management from Addis Abeba University. He also holds a master's of business administration from the University of Greenwich, the United Kingdom. He has worked in the insurance industry for 28 years including at the Ethiopian Insurance Corporation. He has been working at Nyala for the past seven years.

What is your biggest fear?

Fear itself



What was the brand of your first ever mobile phone?

Ericsson, GA 628


Which animal do you hate the most?

Which social media platform do you use most frequently?



What bill surprised you the most? What was it for and what was the cost?

It was 28 years ago that I paid six Birr for two servings of Kitfo with my friend


How long do you spend on your phone?


Half an hour a day

Which foreign meal/food did you not like after tasting it?

Where do you want to go on earth before you die?

Waldba, the mysterious places in Ethiopia

What is your biggest regret?


The untimely death of my father

If you got a chance to have dinner with a prominent person, with whom would you choose to have that supper?

Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point


PUBLISHED ON Jan 05,2020 [ VOL 20 , NO 1028]

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