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“My advice would be to build your idea piece by piece and get real and honest traction in the market with that idea while retaining as much equity as you can.”

— Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

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If we want to have truly equitable societies, then we need to embrace equity on all levels. And that means women’s economic empowerment and the key to that is women entrepreneurs.

“Love what you do, because without a genuine love and passion, you won’t be successful.”

"Prosperity creation is the sole route to the elimination of poverty. And to create sustained prosperity, you have to create something truly world class."

I wanted to show that it is possible to be a local person, in Ethiopia and in Africa, and to be globally successful.

It is possible to deploy local resources while creating a market-leading global brand, and to do it all from scratch.

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