Dawit E. Gelmo is a journalist based in, Ethiopia. Gelmo is a graduate of Addis Ababa University School of Journalism and Communication and currently working as stringer for the Voice of America Horn of Africa Service. Previously, he was working from Nairobi Kenya precisely on the migration and Read morerefugee for VOA. Now he has been relocated back to his home country by the same entity he feeds contents for (VOA). 

Previously Mr. Gelmo has worked for Fana Broadcasting for 2 years and eleven months, he has also worked for Filmaid International and several media monitoring organizations.

Kennedy Aboye is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I had been working at the Ethiopian 
Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), since 2011.
After leaving EBC I joined an online media called Al Ain News in December, 2019, which is owned by 
International Media Investment of The United Arab Read moreEmirates, until I left it on 16th June 2021. Since 17th June of 2021 I am working as VoA Horn Africa Vendor at Addis Ababa.
Through my study and career I have developed sound understanding of journalistic activities and 
careers; world politics and international relations. I also gained public speaking skills that 
improved my view point and dedication to analyze different activities and developments all at 
the local, regional and international levels that will feat the journalistic world. I have done very 
well academically and participated in discussions and debates, by which I polished my 
interpersonal and communication skills.

For further information I have attached my CV and relevant copies of testimony with this letter.

Curriculum Vitae:
Name: Kennedy Abate Aboye
Sex: Male
Date of birth: May, 1988 G.C.
Place of birth: Wondo Genet, Ethiopia
Residence: Addis Ababa
Nationality: Ethiopian
Marital status: Single

Career History:
March, 2011-May, 2018: Reporter at Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation’s news, sport and 
entertainment departments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June, 2018-November, 2019: Senior Editor at Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, Ethiopia.
December, 2019-June 15, 2021: Editor at Al-Ain news, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 16,2021-Still: Stringer at VoA Horn Africa

YONATAN ZEBIDEWOS is a journalist based in Awassa, Ethiopia working for Voice Of America (VOA). He have worked for Debub Radio and television agency and for Ethiopian News Agency not less than for 7years. He have covered different political, economic and social stories.

Andualem Sisay Gessesse is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
I am an Ethiopian journalist with over a decade of experience in media and communications consultancy. I completed my study in Media and Communications in 2005. Since then, I have been working for several local and Read moreinternational media. 

Some of the local and international publications I worked with and is now contributing for includes: Capital newspaper of Ethiopia, The East African newspaper, www.Africareview.com, Daily Nation of Kenya, The Citizen of Tanzania, Daily Monitor of Uganda, www.newBusinessEthiopia.com, Africa Renewal of the United Nations and www.GeminiNews.org of Canada, among others. 

In 2011, I won Excellence in Journalism Award by the Ethiopian Foreign Correspondent Association in English language category. I worked for 10 months in Uganda as development reporter under fk Norway exchange program sponsored by the Norwegian Government. 

My global reporting and training travels includes: Tokyo, Japan; Stuttgart, Germany; Rome, Italy; Hilversum, The Netherlands; Delhi, India; Marrakech, Morocco; Johannesburg, South Africa; Maputo, Mozambique; Djibouti, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya.

Currently in addition to www.newBusinessEthiopia.com, which I launched in 2009, I am working as resident correspondent journalist for NATION Media Group of Kenya from Ethiopia. 

As independent media and communication consultant, I have also worked for international organizations such as, UNFPA Ethiopia office (United Nations Population Fund), Kifiya Financial Technology, Techno Brain Ethiopia and Starbucks and Microsoft East and South Africa wing through the PR firm - Bertolli & Associates of Kenya.

In addition to media, I have also done researches and investigative reports for international institutions, such as Global Integrity, Devex, World Wide Web Foundation, Access Capital S.C. and many business intelligence firms from across the world.

Elias Gebreselassie is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He works as a freelance reporter and contributor for Xinhua News Agency, Alertnet Climate Reuters, AlJazeera English online, AFP, New Humanitarian Mongabay and many other media outlets.

Yikunoamlak Mulugeta is a TV and Film Producer and Director based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has produced different entertainment and thought provoking features for local tv stations in the country.

Biography of Michael Tewelde
Photo & Video Journalist and Consultant

my name is Michael Tewelde, I have been doing photojournalism for more than 13 years, working first as a photojournalist for Ethiopia's largest private selling newspaper ethiopianreporter.Com since then i have worked as a Read morephotojournalist for Xinhua News Agency for more than 9 years and for AFP gor about two years. My works have also been published on Aljazeera english, BBC news, Lemonde diplomatique and many other international media outlets.

Anteneh Tadele is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Worked in a non-governmental organisation as Media and Communication Expert which entitled me in all aspects of the organisation’s media and communication concerns through internal and external communications.

Temesgen Shiferaw is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I am a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I have worked for some of the prominent media organizations in Ethiopia, including the Ethiopian News Agency (where I started my journalism career as a junior reporter), The Ethiopian Herald and Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/ETV. With more than Read moreeight years of experience as a reporter and editor under my belt, you are looking at a well connected journalist who can sniff and generate stories from a variety of sources. If it is about Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, I am your guy!