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JOURNALIST Elsa has more than 15 years of experience in radio and television journalism. As a program producer at Fana Broadcasting Corporation, she has gained popularity among the listeners by hosting the 90-minutes and 120-minutes live broadcasts, which were very popular and well-liked by the listeners and was the top show of Fana Broadcasting. She also worked as a newsreader at Addis TV. Currently, in addition to her own radio program SILEGNA, she is also the co-host of MESSE RESORT at Bisrat FM 101.1.

  • Email: amiasefa@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911235788

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EDITOR/COMMUNICATOR Elizabeth is working at Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) as Scientific Papers Editor and Communication Director.

  • Email: elizabethBaslyos@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911124015

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MEDIA DEVELOPMENT/COMMUNICATION/JOURNALISM Abaynesh currently is a Social Behavior Change Communication/SBCC/ expert with a journalism background. She has worked as a radio journalist for 19 years at different levels in Radio Ethiopia and then joined the NGO sector and worked as a Social Behavior Change Communication/ SBCC/ expert and advisor in the area of health and social development for over 15 years. She has built her Gender related knowledge since her days in Radio Ethiopia and then during her experience as a SBCC expert. As a woman radio journalist who have faced many challenges, she had contributed and still contributing a lot in building the capacity of media women in the area of Gender and Media through the Ethiopia Media Women Association. Currently she is working as a Media and Communication consultant and Advisor in SBCC. Her area of work covers SBCC strategy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SBC programs, development of training manuals, discussion guides, handbooks etc. and provision of training on media, Gender, Alternative Child Care and SBCC related programs. Abaynesh is a MA graduate in Social Psychology from Addis Ababa University.

  • Email: abay.biru@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251921732901

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MANAGEMENT/TRAINER Kalkidan Girma is the co-founder of KEMMCOM; a Management Consulting firm that provides advisory, consulting and training services in two major practice areas: Corporate Affairs and Corporate Development. Kalkidan leads the Corporate Development practice with emphasis on developing business strategy, organizational health assessment, corporate strengthening, change management, facilitating soft skill trainings and implementing diversity and inclusion (D&I). Having worked in both the government and private sectors in the U.S. and Ethiopia for over 20 years, Kalkidan brings a wealth of experience and expertise in institutionalizing companies along with a proven track record of exceeding the expectations of stakeholders. Prior to focusing full-time on KEMMCOM, Kalkidan served as Management Specialist at the U.S. Embassy located in Addis Ababa handling different mission critical projects. Prior to that, she held several leadership roles at Verizon Wireless located in the U.S. She is a certified trainer and Equal Employment Opportunity counselor with an expertise on diversity and inclusion.

  • Email: kalkidan.brook@kemmcom.net
  • Mobile Number: 251118684318

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MANAGEMENT/DEVELOPMENT Aberash has received her Master’s Degree in Management and Development with a specialization in social inclusion, Gender, and Rural livelihoods. She has more than 30 years of experience at NGOs and GOs. She has worked as a Program Coordinator, Department Head for Women in Development, Project Officer, and Home Economics Expert. She was involved in introducing small-scale improved postharvest handling, storage, and agro-processing technologies. She has played a role in job creation for rural women and youth by engaging them in threshing/shelling services and small scale agro-processing enterprises. She has facilitated training on postharvest handling, storage management, agro-processing, and human nutrition for farmers. She is currently working in Sasakawa Africa Association as Technical Coordinator for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture.

  • Email: aberasht@saa-safe.org
  • Mobile Number: 251911347704

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