I completed all my education here in Ethiopia, and I have NEVER lived anywhere else but Ethiopia. - Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

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

I have developed a fine sense of my weaknesses, and I address those by building my team with people who have that strength I may lack. So I flip any weakness I may have and make it a strength … Weakness recognition, and a full embrace of that, is a powerful tool.

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