Addis alemayehu biography of christopher

This is an interview that I had yesterday afternoon with Addis Alemayehou, the founder and chairman of Ethiopia’s Kazana Group.

The Kazana Group currently has a portfolio of over 13 companies operating in marketing, communications, advertisement, fintech, telecom, manufacturing, logistics, technologies, investment management, and advisory services. Kazana Group’s mission is to promote economic prosperity by supporting companies in Africa to make impactful changes and solve critical problems in the lives of communities around them.

Kazana Group also believes in empowering African entrepreneurs as they are principal stakeholders in the impetus towards inclusive growth and development.

Addis has an interesting background in that he actually grew up in Nairobi in Kenya and as a result, even the name ‘k