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Welcome to the fourth month
of a readers favorite page which has featured a host of dynamic business personalities whose ideas, motivations and business acumen will have surely inspired all the budding entrepreneurs out there.
Capital warmly encourages nominations to Entrepreneurs Profile and looks forward to introducing more upwardly mobile model citizens.
 

Ali Hussen Mohammed

 

RESUME


FULL NAME: Dereje Belachew
AGE: 35
COMPANY: Mekdim Technologies
SERVICES: Software, network and,
website development, consulting services, analysis and design.
HQ: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ESTABLISHED: June 2004
WORKFORCE: 10
START-UP CAPITAL: 20,000
CURRENT CAPITAL: 200,000

  Entrepreneur Profile features dynamic business personalities, fledgling
inventors and innovators, environmentally conscious industrialists and other
entrepreneurial leaders and role models. It is one of CAPITAL’s most popular sections.

CAPITAL warmly welcomes nominations to Entrepreneur Profile and looks forward to introducing more upwardly mobile model citizens.

Write to CAPITAL EP - P.O.Box: 95 Code 1110 or e-mail at syscom@ethionet.et

BIG PICTURE

WHY DID YOU START YOUR BUSINESS?
It has always been my passion to open up a company and introduce the benefits of IT solutions to businesses and the community.

BIGGEST BUSINESS STRENGTH:
My persistence and determination and always trying to find the energy to pick up the broken pieces and get back on my feet. BIGGEST WEAKNESS:
I am not very good with management and organization, and it has always cost me delays.
BIGGEST RISK:
Moving back to start a company in Ethiopia.

FAVORITE TASK:
Coming up with a clever solution to a problem, and laying out a plan to make it work.

FUTURE PLANS:
To develop state of the art software solutions and successfully market them.

PERSONALS

FIRST CHOICE OF CAREER:
Software system development

MOST CHALLENGING TASK:
To convince our clients and potential customers to use IT solutions to overcome their business challenges

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PASTIME?
These days, it is very difficult to find the time to enjoy a hobby and since the birth of my two sons, my favorite pastime has been watching them grow up.
SMARTEST MOVE:
For the past two years I have been developing the foundation of our future work and an very successful in that direction. During the introduction of our web site we accepted comments, suggestions and opinions from invited guests.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTOMOBILE?
Mercedes, However, I am not very picky

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DESTINATION?
Vancouver, Canada

By Addis Mulugeta