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 The first decade after the millennium has
brought us many profound innovations;
innovations that changed how we think
about technology how we interact with
each other, innovations like touch screen
phones, 3D TVs, social-networking, mo-
bile-payment and crowd-sourcing, despite
the financial collapse and the global food
inflation the past decade was a great be-
ginning to the new millennium. The next
decade is promising from the outset.
Africa, having been kept in the dark for
many decades, been playing catch-up to the
rest of the world, now, Africa is the fast-
est growing market for mobile and inter-
net services, Africa, is playing a leading
harnessing the mobile to solve problems
of the marginalized society, the rest of the
world is following suit and trying to emu-
late m-Pesa’s success in mobile payment,
Ushahid Africa’s innovation is being used
all over the world to crowd-source crisis
information.
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Here at iConcept the new decade comes with
many growth opportunities, we are launch-
ing a radio show on Afro FM 103.5 after
some unforeseen delays it is set to go on air
this month, and we are collaborating with a
Sudanes company to host an annual interna-
tional technology exhibition in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, an exhibition envisioned to be the
best technology event in African much like
GITEX is in middle east.
This issue of our magazine, naturally, has
become semi-catalog for the exhibition, it
features, few organization that are exhibit-
ing, the selection was made based on co-op-
eration to provide the necessary information
about their company and the product and or
service they provide, flip through it to see
the companies featured.
We would like to thank all the organizations
who have shown interest to participate at
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this first of its kind event; we hope to work
with you for the years to come.
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Tech-brief
Debre Berhan Wind Project Getting
off Ground
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
Terra Energy Developers for on Friday, November 12,
2010.
Terra Energy, based in Nevada in the United States (US),
has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and
construction (EPC) of an estimated 400MW wind park
project in Debre Berhan by the Ethiopian Electric Power
Corporation (EEPCo). Terra, a joint venture (JV) be-
tween Princeton Energy Group, Global Enterprise Engi-
neering (GE2) Solutions, and Pacific Renewable Energy
Consulting, will set up a wind turbine assembly plant in
Ethiopia and arrange the required financing, according
to the agreement. It will also to handle the technology
transfer and manage the plant. One of the founders of
the joint ventures, GF2, is established five years ago by
Behailu Assefa (Eng) and Dereje Abebe; the former is
chief operations officer while the latter is director of Af-
rica Operations.
The Debre Berhan Wind Park is one of the seven wind
projects EEPCo plans to implement in the next five years.
Close to 1,000MW of the 8,000MW to which the coun-
try’s power generating capacity is planned to increase
over the next five years is estimated by EEPCo to come
from wind energy.
Terra aims to have components of towers, fabrication,
forging, and castings supplied by local companies, ac-
cording to its short-term sourcing plan included in the
agreement.
[Fortune, November 14, 2010.]
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France telecom Takes over Man-
agement of Ethio Telecom
The newly established Ethio-France partnership, Ethio-
Telecom, officially started operations in November.
Guided by France Telecom/Orange, the new company
has taken over the state owned Ethiopian Telecommuni-
cation Corporation for the next two years to improve and
modernize Ethiopia’s telecom service.
The Ethiopian government will pay the French company
30 million Euros for the period. France Telecom’s perfor-
mance during this period will be evaluated by an interna-
tional supervisor. The management transmission started
in July.
Debretsion Gebremichael, minister of Communication
and Information technology, said that the government
had undertaken various studies on modernization of the
telecom sector before outsourcing ETC’a management.
“We evaluated and decided to start building the compa-
ny’s management structure from scratch,” he told a press
conference.
The new management will rely on eTOM, a widely ac-
cepted framework for telecom providers in many coun-
tries.
“This system is entirely new for the country; so there is
an absolute need for international management with ex-
perience in new technologies,” he said.
The government expects France Telecom to lift the much
criticised ETC to international standards. The 30 million
Euro will be paid to France Telecom in quarterly instal-
ments if the perfmroance level ranges between 70 to 95%.
A performance of more than 95% will earn the company
an extra award from the government.
[Capital December 5, 2010.]
Gov’t Starts Training Staff in
Integrated Information Systems
The Federal Government had been using only the inte-
grated budget and expenditure system (IBEX) software,
which was implemented by Harvard University, for some
time. But 2012 will see the addition of the integrated fi-
nancial management information systems (IFMIS) to
monitor the financial records, human resources, and ac-
counts of its different organs. The system will enable all
federal public bodies and regions to use a single system
with extensive facilities from one physical source. It will
have a common database where all the information on
payrolls, human resources, revenues, and customs will be
stored and retrieved from. Various government staff have
been trained on the new suite starting last December.
The IFMIS will enable MoFED to improve the quality of
the nation’s financial decision making as well as obtain
timely financial information, according to Tagel Molla,
project manager of IFMIS for MoFED.
The government envisions this system to interface with
other systems such as those in banks, the Ethiopian Rev-
enues and Customs Authority, as well as debt and aid
management institutions.
This is expected to enable the government to have all-
round access to financial information, both current and
past, as well as to improve economic forecasting, plan-
ning, and budgeting.
The existing IBEX was useful to keep track of budgets
and expenditures, but all government institutions have
different software packages to keep track of their pay-
rolls.
The latest project, which is part of the government’s Ex-
penditure Management and Control Programme, was ini-
tiated 10 years ago, the ball got rolling only three years
ago. Transnational Computer Technologies (TCT), a Cal-
ifornia based software development and consulting com-
pany with offices in Ethiopia and Nigeria, was selected in
2009 for the World Bank (WB) funded project.
[Fortune, December 12, 2010.]
Quality Standards Auth. Declares
Imported Electrics Poor
The Ethiopian Quality and Standards Authority (EQAS)
found that all the electrical equipment imported since it
had started enforcing mandatory testing in its laboratory
in October were below standard. Compact fluorescent
lamps (CFLs), incandescent lamps, cables, and street
lights were all substandard, EQSA said, based on crite-
ria that included testing for wattage, luminosity, power
factor, light colour, protection against electric shock, life
test, and labelling.
Although the importers are required to bring accredita-
tion of quality from an independent agent, they usually
bring a certificate from the manufacturers themselves, ac-
cording to Authority.
This comes as the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation
(EEPCo) is preparing to import its second round of CFLs,
which are considered to save energy, at a cost of 5.3 mil-
lion Br from China Electric (CE) Lighting Co through a
long-term loan from the World Bank (WB).
[Fortune, December 19, 2010.]
Tech-brief
Surveyors to Take Addis’s Picture
Again
The Integrated Land Management Information System
Project Development Office of the Addis Abeba City Ad-
ministration took aerial photographs of the city on Mon-
day, November 22, 2010, in its second attempt to update
its cadastral map.
The office signed a 50 million Br deal with Hansa Luft-
bild German Air Surveys for the project, of which the
map is but a component. The project is to establish a Real
Property Registration and Land Information, a.k.a. cadas-
tral, System; standardise an addressing system; and es-
tablish integrated offices at the central and district level.
The airial phtogrpahy was conducted on a Cessna 6 air-
craft fitted with an Ultracam, manufactured by Vexcel
Company, with a high resolution of 20cm to take the pic-
tures. The pictured were taken from 2000m.
The city’s existing cadastral map was converted into a line
map in 2005 from an aerial photograph taken in 2001 by
Ofek, an Israeli company. However, the map has become
outdated due to the large number of construction projects,
demolition of existing houses, and flourishing of illegal
settlements which have occurred in the city. The map also
lacked information like geometric and area descriptions
in addition to land use and legal ownership rights as well
as restrictions, according to city officials. The new map,
which will be made after digitally converting the aerial
photographs, will include all the essential details.
Developing a standardised addressing system for house
numbers and street names is another component of the
project, which the German company is expected to final-
ise within 20 months, according to the agreement.
[Fortune, December 19, 2010.]
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the planning and global outreach

has been minimal. all of this means hands with Ogaih was in a way
a first step towards achieving the
long-term vision of iConcept to
With the grave need in mind
OGAIH Int. Services and iCon-
that going into cover first east Africa and then
the whole of Africa.
cept Technologies, set out to or-
ganize an annual event in Addis
the Ethiopian Ogaih, too, had its own strong
reasons to join hands in the pro-
Ababa, Ethiopia; the Addis Ababa
International Technology Exhibi- market will duction of this exhibition in Ad-
dis Ababa.
tion (AITEX) has come with a
The first of What Will be the Best Technology Event in Africa grandiose invitation to experience
the future. No other sector is clos-
make you able All companies want to open new
horizons for export and to find a
er to the future and the past than
information technology, where
to make busi- new region or country for their
products. Ogaih wanted to be in-
many innovations become obso-
lete before any of us have had the ness in more volved in such an exhibition be-
cause it believed that Ethiopia is
chance to experience them. The a good destination for such com-
theme for this year’s exhibition is
“Experience The Future”.
than one coun- panies, because foreign invest-
ment in Ethiopia is rowing and

The organizers envision that the

try at the same the government offers incentives
for investment. Ogaih also be-
exhibition achieves:
time. lieves that Ethiopia is strategical-
ly located, being surrounded by
To raise awareness: about the ob- countries with important markets
stacles preventing our society t in the region with a strong trading
It is also true, however, that the technology area. relation with the traders, import-
With an estimated population of over three million people,
Addis Ababa is a political capital and economic nerve-center information technology in Ethio- ers and exporters from Ethiopia.
pia has also achieved heights The exhibition is the joint fruit
of Ethiopia. This vibrant, hospitable and ever expanding city
that are not known to many of of iConcept, a local technology “All of this means that going
is considered a capital of Africa, owing, to the African Union,
the local public. Partly that is so company, which is also the pub- into the Ethiopian market will
ECA and other international organizations. Ethiopia was one
because local innovations have so lisher of the technology magazine make you able to make business
of early adopters of technology; telecommunication technol-
far not addressed the needs of the with the same name, and Ogaih, in more than one country at the
ogy was introduced to Ethiopia in 1894 and after more than a
majority of the public (the indi- a company from the Sudan that same time,” Ogaih says.
century latter; Ethiopia is one of the countries with list access
vidual consumer). specializes in marketing, distribu-
to communication technology such as internet and mobile
tion and advertising. AITEX would, in the long run,
phone.
There are several solution provid- like to bring to Ethiopia what GI-
ers in Ethiopia, including many iConcept was established in 2008 TEX has brought to the Middle
In recent years, the government has shown commitment and
with globally competitive knowl- by a group of young Ethiopian East. GITEX (Gulf Informational
the willingness to spend on infrastructure projects; however,
edge and experience. AITEX is technology enthusiasts with the technology Exhibition) has a 30-
there is more work to be done. The consistent economic
laying the groundwork for an op- mission of promoting the con- year experience in the Middle
growth in the country coupled with the growth of private
portunity to showcase local and cept of “Technology”, bridging East. It is an annual consumer
financial institutions is seen as an opportunity to expand in
international developments in this the digital divide, and promoting computer and electronics trade
the country. The country needs a comprehensive strategy to
socio-economic development show, which takes place in Dubai,
attract potential investors in the sector; the government has
through technology. Joining United Arab Emirates. It boasts
been organizing exhibitions for the past three years, however,
to be the largest gathering of the
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Cover Story
region’s leading ICT retailers and
suppliers. The show attracts a
diverse audience that includes IT
professionals, technology enthu-
siasts, students and consumers as
well as regional traders. In 2009
it was visited by over 150,000
people from 121 countries.
Considering the economic power
and strength of the region as well
as the much stronger consumer
capacity to purchase, AITEX
is now far from emulating this
event. But GITEX serves a good
role model, and AITEX will
continue inviting local and inter-
national companies showcasing
their products for the Ethiopian
and African markets.
Local and international IT com-
panies and institutions are already
aware of the power of IT shows.
Previous IT exhibitions have at-
tracted significant numbers of
participants and had been visited
by large crowds. Software devel-
opers, educational and research
institutions and retailers of com-
puters and other electronics prod-
ucts have proudly showed their
products and services in earlier
shows.
This time exhibitors have taken
the available exhibition spaces
with speed, including a modest
number of international compa-
nies such as Microsoft and Sam-
sung. Many of the participants
are repeat exhibitors who have
reaped a lot of benefit from pre-
vious events. They say that for
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foreign
investment
in Ethiopia
is growing
and the
government
offers
incentives for
investment.
months after they have displayed
their services and products at an
exhibition, clients keep coming
to them saying that they learned
about them at that event.
This exhibition will continue the
trend in a stronger way. Students,
researchers, professionals, policy
makers, potential customers and
businesses looking to expand into
the market and looking for part-
ners will be visiting AITEX 2011.
The event will create opportuni-
ties for knowledge and informa-
tion sharing, product promotion,
contact creation and market ex-
pansion.
AITEX 2011 is going to be
opened by H. E. Akuei Bona
Malwal, Ambassador, Deputy
Head of Mission, Sudan Embassy
and a Keynote speach by State
Minister, H.E Ato Peter Gatcot
Minister of Communications and
Information Technology of Ethio-
pia.
The experiences gained here
will feed into the organization of
AITEX 2012, where many more
products and global companies
are expected to grace the show.
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 Organization Profile
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MOCIT
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
The Ministry of Communica-
tion and Information Technology
(MCIT) was recently established
when the Ethiopian Peoples
Revolutionary Democratic Front
(EPRDF) formed a new govern-
ment after the 2010 general elec-
tion. It is a development of the
influential Ethiopian ICT Devel-
opment Agency (EICTDA). Ato
Debretsion Gebre Michael, who
formerly headed the EICTDA,
holds the ministerial position by
the appointment of the Prime
Minister.
It has for its vision assisting every
aspect of Ethiopian life with com-
munication and information tech-
nology. Its mission is to develop,
deploy and use communication
and information technology to
improve the livelihood of Ethio-
pians and optimize the contribu-
tion of the technology to the de-
velopment of the country.
The Ministry’s major responsi-
bilities include:
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• Implementing Communi-
cation and Information Technol-
The E-service ogy policy by formulating short,
medium and long-term Com-
team is working munication and Information pro-
grams,
with all • Monitoring and evaluating
implementation of Communica-
tion and Information Technology
Government projects and programs,
• Developing frameworks
Ministries and for the development of Commu-
nication and Information Tech-
Agencies to nology in sectors such as Agri-
culture, Industry and Commerce,
Education, Health, etc.
create online • Formulating projects and
programs to guide Communica-
informational tion and Information Technol-
ogy development with focus on
and transactional strengthening on-going initia-
tives in all the sectors aimed at
improved service delivery and
services for enhancing good governance.
The Ministry’s structure includes
citizens. four directorates geared to the
achievement of its mission and
major responsibilities. These are
the e-Government Directorate,
headed by Ato Mesfin Belachew;
the ICT Human Resource Capac-
ity Building Consultancy and Re-
search Directorate, headed by Dr
Leulseged Alemie; ICT Private
Sector Development Coordina-
tion Directorate, headed by Ato
Teshome Worku; and ICT Stan-
dardization and Regulatory Di-
rectorate, headed by Ato Balcha
Reba.
The e-Government Directorate,
which coordinates all government
information systems development
and administers the National Data
Centre, has two major teams or-
ganized for specific assignments:
the National Data Centre (NDC)
team and the E-Service team.
Application and portal develop-
ments, hosting of all applications
to be shared to different organiza-
tions and branches of the same or-
ganizations, domain name opera-
tion and administration, network
administrations and operations
and securing of the government
networks and applications are
some major activities in the Di-
rectorate.
The NDC team coordinates and
runs different operations and ser-
vices such as video conferencing,
network operations, security of
the networks, directory services,
internet services and hosting of
applications.
The E-service team is working
with all Government Ministries
and Agencies to create online
informational and transactional
Organization Profile
services for citizens. outside world;
The Capacity Building Directorate 4. Enabling conducive envi-
organizes short term ICT training ronment for the ICT business by
programmes for federal ministries
and regional governments; provides
expert advice on ICT curriculum de-
velopment, on information systems
development/ implementation and
on organizational structure of ICT
units and their staffing for govern-
ment organizations; monitors and
evaluates the consultancy services
provided by other consultants.
The ICT Private Sector Develop-
ment Coordination Directorate plays
an important role to put in place the
facilitating necessary policies and
other possible incentive mecha-
nisms to attract local and foreign
investors to businesses in ICT.
The Standard and Regulatory Di-
rectorate is mainly responsible for
developing national Communica-
tion and Information Technology
services and products standards,
laws, and frameworks and ICT
regulatory mechanisms for foster-
ing Communication and Informa-
tion Technology development
policies and programmes to attract endeavors at the national level. It
the private sector targeted for the is also mandated for the coordina-
development of local ICT private
sector and the industry at large. Its
tion of potential stakeholders as
far as Communication and Infor-
target areas of activities include:
1. ICT development promotion
mation Technology Standardiza-
tion and Regulatory issues are
through forums and exhibitions to
share/ transfer knowledge, foster
concerned. The Directorate also
issues professional competency
innovation, market searching, etc certification for individual profes-
between the private sector and the
government as well;
sionals and companies in the ICT
sector.
2. Enabling private companies in the
export market to assist their main
The Ministry is located at ALTA
building, Mexico Square.
activities by ICT for ease of market
access with the outside world;
3. Assisting SME’s: organizing
young professionals to engage
them in ICT business. One of the
programmes being implemented
is the incubation programme. The
Directorate also assists SME’s en-
gaged in the export market, which
are exporting local products (such
as hand crafts and textile products)
to facilitate their marketing system
virtually, and thereby increasing the
customer’s interest, especially in the
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 Organization Profile
Offshoring Technology Services
(OTS) is one of Africa’s most
mature and respected technology
outsourcing organization exclu-
sively focused on eCommerce,
mCommerce and ePayment solu-
tions. Through its comprehensive
portfolio of eCommerce, mCom-
merce, ePayment and financial
products and services, built upon
the company’s unique delivery
methodology, OTS assists institu-
tions to become trusted transac-
tion hub for their retail and corpo-
rate customers.
The parent company, eVentive
LLC, had quartered in Chicago,
USA, is a leaving eCRM enabler
for visionary institutions. Origi-
nally formed in 1993 in Chicago
under DC Systems, Inc and it has
been known by its current name,
eVentive, since 2002.
OTS has made a considerable
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investment in eCRM methodolo-
gies, solution and know-how as
part of its own business offering
to deliver management services
to our customers, and has first-
hand experience in the use of Call
Center technology, Mobile SMS
and Interactive Voice Response
(IVR).
Fettan™ is a registered service
trademark of Offshoring 2.0
Technology Services, PLC. Fet-
tan™ was established in March of
2009 to focus and address “New
Ways to Transact” for the Ethio-
pian market.
Fettan™ - “The new way to
Transact” is the ideal platform
that links Consumers, Merchants,
Banks/MFIs, Mobile Operator
and Service Providers (Utilities,
Corporations, Government) into
an electronic transaction eco-
system. Fettan™ aims to deliver
Offshoring
Technology
Services
OTS
a collusive financial service to
the end customer; enabling them
to access, aggregated financial
services from their banks, mo-
bile operator, service provider
and merchants at a single point
of service. Our initiative trade-
marked Fettan™ offers solutions
to key segments of the industry
such as UTILITIES, RETAIL,
POLICE, TRANSPORTATION,
COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL
BANKS, and MICROFINANCE
INSTITUTIONS AND CREDIT
UNIONS.
Fettan™ is built on world class,
industry standard, globally
complaint, electronic transaction/
payments and card processing
technologies, and delivers an
affordable business model
to consumer and suppliers
enabling them to deliver multi-
channel, multi-service low-cost
transaction/payment services.
Fettan™ delivers uniquely
differentiated products and
functionality solutions across
the entire electronic transaction/
payments value chain, while also
helping to socialize processing
infrastructure investments
to deliver inclusive financial
services to the under-banked
and un-banked segment of the
population of Ethiopia.
Our value proposition is to en-
sure that our customers deliver
differentiation in their retail or
commercial product offering that
fundamentally ensures quickest
ROI on their multi-channel trans-
action/payment operations and
investments.
Fettan™ is a hosted transaction
processing platform driving phys-
ical transaction/payment channels
(i.e. Mobile, POS, MicroCash
ATM, Web, Call Center and IVR,
while also delivering EMV Card
and PIN issuing/acquiring and
personalization services. Fettan™
primarily offers transaction/
payment solutions on a turnkey,
transaction or card fee-basis for
financial institutions.
In its headquarters here in Addis
Ababa, OTS has built state of the
art Datacenter and Business Pro-
cess Outsourcing (BPO) facility
for outsource services to the local
and international market. The
whole infrastructure is designed,
developed and maintained by
its own local technical staff.
Currently OTS employs over
90 Technicians and BPO (call
center) professionals. OTS has
integrated best of breed applica-
tion software in its environment
to handle ePayments, Banking
Solutions, mCommerce and POS
solutions. Located in the heart of
the city, Offshoring 2.0 Technol-
ogy Service’s infrastructure is
designed to provide reliability and
performance, “always on” con-
nectivity, secure and 24x7 opera-
tions.
Fettan™ Value Proposition
o Fettan™ will implement and
manage the entire Infrastructure
for transaction/payment process-
ing services.
o Fettan™ will host at its
Datacenter the transaction
processing infrastructure that
comprises of the EFT switch
and clearing system to drive and
monitor Mobiles, POS, Internet
and MicroCash ATMs; The
Payment Card issuing/acquiring,
authorizing and management
system; Merchant management
and acquiring system; The Card
and PIN encryption, embossing
and card personalization systems
as well as the underlying back-
office operations processes
and management and support
personnel; The redundant
server processing, database and
middleware platforms, network,
security and power infrastructure
for the datacenter,
o The system will also interface,
where relevant, into any bank or
the country’s multi-bank national
switch to enable inter-operability
of the Fettan™ Transaction/Pay-
ment.
o The system will interface to the
member bank’s Core Banking
system through an industry stan-
Organization Profile
dard ISO 8583 interface.
o The platform will handle all
online authorization requests on
Mobile, Internet, Payment Cards,
and POS.
o Fettan™ will deploy GSM/
GPRS/CDMA/PSTN enabled
POS and MicroCash ATM ter-
minal at merchants and Microfi-
nance Institutions. The Fettan™
Mobile, POS and MicroCash
ATM terminals will offer the fol-
lowing transaction functions to
the consumer:
o Bill payments for Utilities,
(Electricity, Telecommunication,
and Municipality)
o Recharge Electronic Voucher
Online (EVD) – Mobile Airtime,
Event ticket
o Salary and Pension Payments
o Merchandise Sale
o Merchandise Refund
o Void
o Pre-Authorization
o Withdrawal
Fettan™ will undertake all tech-
nical requirements for preceding
functions: Testing, Certification,
Upgrades, Single message, Dual
message, with or without PIN,
with or without EMV chip, both
at card issuing level as well as
Mobile, POS and ATM acquiring
level.
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 Organization Profile
Prolab
“When we started the business
four years ago, we were the
only one doing this”
Data are always disappearing.
People usually try whatever little
they know to
recover their data from bad flash-
es, memory cards and computers
gone wrong for
some crazy reason; the even try
shaking and banging their hard-
ware. They call
someone who “knows” comput-
ers for a solution. Then the give
up and consider
their data lost for good.
Not all data is so simple that we
can simply lose it and forget it. In
Ethiopia
there is one professional IT com-
pany engaged in the business of
retrieving your
lost data from your affected hard-
ware and software. It is called
Prolab.
Established only four years ago,
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it touts itself as the “Data Care
Company.”
“When we started the business
four years ago, we were the only
one doing this,”
says Orion Mesfin, managing di-
rector of the company. “I still do
not of another
company doing what we do.”
Orion gained Bachelor of Com-
merce and Master of Computer
Management from India.
His Master’s project was on data
security. He returned home and
worked briefly
as a system developer and had in
mind becoming a programmer.
He returned to
India, however, and got certificate
on logical recovery from Uni-
stall’s, an
Indian data care company.
“I returned from India and estab-
lished Prolab,” he says.
“Data Care Company”
The company specializes in phys-
ical and logical data recovery.
Physical data
recovery involves drives that
have been physically damaged.
That includes the
extremes of fire and water (flood).
Logical data recovery involves
drives that
work right, but the data could not
be accessed because of data cor-
ruption,
firmware corruption, deletion, or
some other reason.
The physical data recovery in-
volves opening of highly sensi-
tive drives, and you
do not do this anywhere. Prolab
had to buy “clean room” not from
real estate
developers, but a supplier that is
conscious of the level of dust that
could be
admissible in a clean room.
“We have a Class 1000 clean
room,” Orion says.
This class rating means level
of dust particles admissible for
medical reasons.
But Prolab’s operations actually
take place at Class 100. This
clean room has
equipments in it that do not leave
the room. This room, an equip-
ment itself, is
very expensive. But one of the
biggest challenges involved in
physical recovery
is the availability of identical
drives from which parts could be
removed as
spare to make replacement for
the damaged ones from which
data is to be
recovered.
Some times the parts are secured
from drives the company already
has in stock.
Otherwise, they have to go to the
market looking for an identical
donor drive.
Many times also these drives
have to be imported from abroad.
One of the cost
challenges is that Prolab has to
pay tax for the drive as a whole
although it
will only use some of the parts
there in. a bigger challenge is
that sometimes
customers are frustrated because
it could take a long time to find
the right donor drive.
The work requires a lot of preci-
sion and practice was mandatory
on hundreds of rejected drives.
It requires time and patience. A
lot of money, too, for expensive
equipment and training. Orion
had to go to Indian for that. In
four years he has not only made
the company the authoriszed cen-
tre for Unistall’s and HDRC, a
physical data recovery company,
but also established Prolab as a
reputable data recovery company,
despite the fact that to date it has
no local competition.
Prolab has data care contracts
with international organizations
and provides to several walk-in
Organization Profile
clients. Mostly, though, it has in-
stitutional clients.
Clients pay a lot of money to
recover their data, which implies
that they require confidential
treatment.
The business has grown so much
so that as many people come in
a day today as they used to come
in a week in the beginning.
Prolab has now embarked on
an expansion process, which
involves larger office facil-
ity, more staff and a diversi-
fied business that includes
Maintenance,Application Store,
and Hardware Store.
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 Organization Profile
Fairfax
T e c h n o l o g i e s
a leading provider of Core Banking Solutions
Fairfax Technologies, established
in 2007, is an innovative technol-
ogy company providing IT Ser-
vices in Ethiopia. Fairfax is led
by highly experienced repatriates
with global industry knowledge
and a deep understanding of the
local environment. Its mission is
to become the leading systems
integrator in Ethiopia that con-
sistently exceeds objectives and
customer expectations.
Fairfax Technologies mainly
focuses on the following three
verticals:
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. engaged in implementation, train-
.
Application Services
Banking and Financial
.
Services
Managed Services
In the application services space,
Fairfax Technologies has part-
nered with SAP, the leading
provider of business software.
By being a full partner of SAP,
Fairfax Technologies leverages
SAP’s experience in serving 120
countries. Fairfax Technologies
has certified SAP professionals
tion. Fairfax Technologies has
certified OmniEnterprise profes-
sionals leading the various core
banking projects fully supported
by Infrasoft Engineers.
In the Managed Services space,
Fairfax Technologies has part-
nered with VMware, the global
leader in virtualization solutions
from the desktop to the datacen-
ter—bringing cloud computing
to businesses of all sizes. Fair-
fax Technologies has also part-
nered with ThePlanet, a leading
provider of global, on-demand
data center and hosting services.
Our clients enjoy best-in-class
connectivity and technology in
ThePlanet’s six data centers lo-
cated in Houston and Dallas that
are certified to be SAS 70 Type
ing and support services that are
fully backed by SAP. As the sole
partner in Ethiopia, Fairfax is ac-
tively engaged in the major SAP
ERP implementation projects in
Ethiopia.
In the Banking and Financial Ser-
vices sector, Fairfax Technologies
has partnered with InfrasoftTech,
a leading provider of Core Bank-
ing Solutions. Five of the finan-
cial institutions in Ethiopia are
currently running Infrasoft’s Om-
niEnterprise Core Banking Solu-
II compliant which also makes
it ideal for our Disaster Recov-
ery Services.
Fairfax Technologies commit-
ment to Ethiopia’s IT sector is
evidenced by the investment
made in building local capacity.
Instead of being commission
agents, Fairfax Technologies
has formed full partnerships
with leading technology ven-
dors committed to training and
certification of the local pro-
fessionals thereby advancing
Fairfax Technologies vision of
a self-sufficient Ethiopian IT
industry.
Fairfax Technologies is led by
Yared Demissie, a repatriate
entrepreneur with extensive
IT background from the US
Organization Profile
and Canada. Having worked in
some of the top global IT tech-
nology companies and having
run his own successful IT Con-
sulting firm in Canada with well
known clients, he brings in a
wealth of management, business
and technology experience. Un-
der Yared’s leadership, Fairfax
Technologies has grown from
one to over twenty Ethiopian
men and women IT profession-
als in under two years. Fairfax
Technologies prides itself in
being an equal opportunity em-
ployer, hiring qualified profes-
sionals without regard to gen-
der, race and religion.
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 Organization Profile
T e s a m
great new security products since 1998
The Company has been involved in supplying, selling
and installing great new security products since 1998.
It was founded on the premise of designing, installing
and maintaining high end security solutions. In a se-
curity conscious world, on-location as well as remote
video surveillance have become established tools in
security management. This is Tesam’s Market, pro-
viding innovative video surveillance system for the
security industry, combining fully integrated video
monitoring systems with IP networks so that users can
view their premises at all times.
For some people, CCTV security cameras are about as
interesting as a health and safety matters, but Tesam is
different. “Whilst we try not to simply sell our prod-
ucts, we do get quite excited when talking amongst
ourselves and helping our clients catch a crook, flirta-
tious partner or protect their valuables. There is noth-
ing more satisfying than catching somebody ‘in the
act’ as it were,” says, manager of the company.
The TESAM CCTV Camera department boasts an
outstanding customer service from order placement
right through to installation and aftercare.
The company currently offers an affordable monitor-
ing solution allowing users to easily view monitor and
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record live video captured by our
pioneering CCTV and range of
IP network cameras.
CCTV is an entry level solution
for small business and home us-
age. So whether the customer is a
homeowner needing one camera
or a business needing more, they
can get the solution that will fit
their needs from Tesam.
Tesam security systems has an
extensive background in design-
ing, installing and servicing
security systems for large enter-
prises with customized, complex
electronic solutions to detect and
deter human intrusion for both
civilian and military markets.
Tesam also deals in highly spe-
cialized Automatic Number Plate
Recognition Cameras that can be
used as road side surveillance,
at digital truck weighing facili-
ties parking lots etc… Its prod-
ucts portfolio comprises various
types of CCTV cameras, IP
Network cameras, Motion detec-
tion Cameras/Systems, Security
management and control systems
including DVR, Biometric ac-
cess control, Hand held metal
detector, Security Alarm control
that integrate the management,
control and display of various
security systems both indoor and
outdoor.
As a surveillance company we
understand the special needs
of our customers and strive to
provide them with the highest
quality products and services to
suit these needs. The company’s
systems are used to protect sensi-
tive facilities primarily govern-
Organization Profile
ment agencies, government au- Hotel, Rewina BLDG, Host Bou-
thorities, banks, industries, large tique, Mulu Café and different
private organizations, factories, residential apartments & com-
warehouse and public area etc.
Tesam is able to provide its
plexes as well as different shops.
clients with expertise from the
design stage through the instal-
lation and maintenance of the
full range of security control.
Not only dose Tesam supply and
install top quality products but
also backs these products with
top customer support. Tesam a rapid and
guarantees a rapid and effective
response to technical problems effective re-
in the field and will provide ef-
ficient maintenance through its
highly trained technical staff.
sponse to
As a General Trading company,
it also has supplied some secu-
technical
rity related items to the Ethio-
pian Federal Police. Among the
problems
items the police military clothes
(Uniform) and the police stick
in the field
are the main ones.
Tesam employs 25 profession-
and will pro-
als in different departments. Its
capital has grown from 200,000 vide efficient
Birr in the beginning to 4 mil-
lion Birr now. It boasts high maintenance
competitiveness in the market
as it supplies different types of through
security items which are up to
date and that we give training, its highly
maintenance and installation
upon request. trained tech-
Tesam has installed CCTV cam-
eras for six branches of Dashen nical staff.
Bank, three campuses of St
Mary College, Lafto Sub city,
Adem Travel and Tour Agency,
Senaa Restaurant and Resort,
The Lady Shop 1 & 2, TG
Building, BEYO PLC, Holliday
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 Organization Profile
CNET Ethiopia has embarked
on building a corporate structure
since last August 2010.
Named CNET Technology
Group, the structure has three
companies under it. The main
company under the group is
CNET Software Technology Plc,
whose services will be supported
by the other two companies, I-
CNET
POS International Trading Plc
and Ibex Hotel and Tourism
Management College.
CNET has an established reputa-
tion as a developer and supplier
of ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) Solutions that are suit-
able to local businesses. This
company was created in 2001
out of a gap founder Bemnet
ETHIOPIA Demissie noticed in the local IT
business. Most businesses then
went for large contracts, mostly
from the government. The rising
private sector businesses were
ignored.
Bemnet who says that “There
was almost no IT support for
the private sector,” jumped at
the opportunity offered by this
and created the company, CNET
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Software Technologies Plc, with
a registered capital of 25,000 Br,
one laptop and a shared office.
During the day he did the market-
ing work and by night he worked
on his laptop developing business
solutions. The other companies
that could have been competitors
had little regard for the business
and referred potential clients to
CNET.
Bemnet’s decision to offer busi-
ness solutions to business has
paid off so much that the capital
has now grown by over 4000
times and the once one-man
show now employs several IT
and marketing professionals.
CNET focused on the Hospitality,
Merchandise, Manufacturing and
Health industries. The company
adapts existing applications for
use by local businesses.
CNET takes part in several inter-
national exhibitions to keep itself
abreast of latest development in
the industry.
Today its most important pres-
ence in the market is through
its Point of Sales applications;
this application is a sub-module
of the ERP solution. This solu-
tion currently has eight modules
including Sales & Marketing
module, Financial Management
module, Human Resource Mod-
ule and Property Management
System.
CNET’s POS is deployed at 120
hotels and guest houses and over
200 restaurants in all major cities
and towns in the country.
“Sixty to seventy percent of our
business for POS comes from
the hospitality industry,” Bemnet
says.
Supermarkets, pharmacies,
health facilities, book stores and
other businesses mostly in Addis
Ababa but also in several towns
in various regional states also use
this product.
“There are 107 two-star and
above hotels in Addis Ababa,” he
said. “Eighty-seven use CNET
system. We have a big share in
providing IT support for hotels.”
The property management sys-
tem, deployed by many hotels,
handles a lot of functions for the
hotels including booking, guest
account management and house-
keeping. When the hotel supervi-
sors make a tour of rooms, if they
find a room that is not fit for rent,
they will use the telephone in the
room to feed the computer with
information to prevent the room
from being rented until the prob-
lem is fixed. This service could
expand to cover all services of-
fered by these hotels, such as
gymnasium.
Recently CNET has introduced
the passport reader to hotels,
which scans passport details
and passes the data direct to the
computer with out the reserva-
tion people having to type down
everything.
The devices used by the passport
reader application as well all the
other modules are imported. This
business has grown so big that
I-POS International Trading has
been created to run independently
Organization Profile
but solely to supply the hardware
developed by CNET Software
Technologies Plc. The hardware
include touch screen, bar code
reader, bar code label printer,
computerized scales for use by
supermarkets, passport scanners,
etc.
“The products that we import
are available only at our place,”
Bemnet said. “We do not intend
to supply to other vendors at the
moment; there is a lot of work
here.”
The creation of the college is also
closely related to the services
provided by the other two.
“Sixty to 65% of the clients for
CNET come from the hospitality
industry,” he said.
The students of the college will
be given lessons on using the
software and hardware technolo-
gies introduced into the industry
by CNET. At the completion
of the course they get user cer-
tificates, accrediting them for
services at various hotels and
restaurants.
Today the CNET Technology
Group of these three companies
employs 96 people, 38 of them
at CNET Software Technologies
and 50 at Ibex Hotel and Tourism
Management College.
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 Organization Profile
At only 15 years of age DStv is
now offering nearly all of Africa
over 80 channels of quality tele-
vision from all over the world,
covering blockbuster movies, se-
ries, world-class documentaries,
DStv
sports, children’s programming
and local and international news.
Multichoice started this premium
home entertainment service with
only 22 channels in 1995, but the
improvement goes beyond the
numbers.
DStv was the first to provide
digital satellite television ser-
vices to Africa and to provide
such technology services as the
Dual View Decoder, the Personal
Video Recorder (PVR), High
Definition television (HD), DStv
on Demand - a video on demand
services available on PVRs, and
“
DStv Mobile, which allows for
television viewing on your mo-
bile phone.
DStv on Demand, a new PVR
decoder feature, was launched in
October 2010 enabling subscrib-
ers to watch their favourite pro-
DStv is born grammes at their convenience.
It provides access to 20 hours
of the most popular TV series
and bred in and sports magazine shows for
up to 7 days after broadcast
Africa and on one of the DStv channels.
Collins Khumalo, President of
has a strong MultiChoice Africa, said, “Multi-
Choice Africa is constantly driv-
belief in its en to ensure that our subscribers
are delighted with the DStv of-
fering and we are always looking
future for new and innovative ways to
deliver ‘so much more’ to our
subscribers. The launch of DStv
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on Demand is another one of our
technology innovations that puts
us at the forefront of pay televi-
sion in Africa.”
Khumalo also said, “We are very
proud of our achievement in con-
sistently delivering cutting-edge
digital technology that takes pay
TV to new levels and stimulates
growth and innovation in Af-
rica. Our DStv service provides
world-class digital technology
which delivers great pictures and
sound quality to television homes
across the continent. We remain
committed to DStv’s mission to
provide our subscribers with the
very latest in digital technology,
the most exciting local and inter-
national television channels and
support this offering with world
class customer service.”
MultiChoice has also over the
years refined the DStv bouquet
offering to deliver tailor-made
DStv packages that allow sub-
scribers flexibility in pricing and
choice without compromising
quality or variety.
DStv celebrates its premium
content through DStv’s premium
channels – M-Net, Africa Magic
and SuperSport. It celebrates its
success as the largest investor on
local content specifically made in
Africa for Africa, thus catering
for the continents diverse cultural
markets. MultiChoice showcases
more African channels than any
other operator on the continent
and is a proud supporter and
promoter of these channels. The
company has a long track record
Organization Profile
of investment and training in the
creation of African channels that
support African film and televi-
sion production industries.
DStv is born and bred in Africa
and has a strong belief in its fu-
ture; this is why MultiChoice Af-
rica focuses its Corporate Social
Investment in education, where it
acts as a catalyst in bridging the
digital divide through its DStv
Education bouquet. The educa-
tion initiative seeks to aid learn-
ing and to bring access to infor-
mation to young minds across the
continent.
MultiChoice Ethiopia was estab-
lished as a franchise in February
2000 and has a rapidly growing
subscriber base, driven primarily
by high demand for coverage of
sports provided by SuperSport,
up-to- date news coverage and
premium movies.
MultiChoice Ethiopia has 28
employees and is supported by a
team of more than 110 certified
installers who market and sell
DStv. It also has 30 agents who
provide an additional point of
presence all across the country.
The first and new branch has
opened at a convenient location
in the largest market in Africa
Merkato. This branch is equipped
with all the latest equipment and
dedicated team to provide first
class, and full-fledged service to
new and existing subscribers.
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 Organization Profile
The first! The thinnest! The tallest!
These are attributes that pop up
here and there in the Samsung
technology business. Samsung
successfully undertook the con-
struction of the tallest building
in the world, the Burj Khalifa in
Samsung,
Dubai. It has made the thinnest
televisions (only 6.5mm thick)
The first! The thinnest! The tallest! which has
SAMSUNG
now a pres-
ence in
Ethiopia, is
one of those
and blue-ray players. And it was
the FIRST in many things, such
as launching the world’s first 3D
businesses
that simply
home theatre and the world’s first
“Full HD 3D LED TV”.
It made the world’s first solar
keep grow-
powered mobile phone and
the largest mobile phone, large
enough to go into the Guinness
Book of World Records in 2010.
For 8 years in a row, Samsung
was found to be number 1 in
ing upward.
customer loyalty in the United
States, where its French Door re-
frigerators were the number one
sellers.
In 2010 alone Samsung had at
least 7 “firsts”, one “tallest”, two
“best”, one “largest” and two
“thinnest” references – all su-
perlatives to works it undertook
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during the year. During the same
year Samsung was also hon-
oured with nine awards.
The word “first” shows up
so many times in relation to
Samsung’s products that it is a
testimony to the vision of the
conglomerate and its emphasis
on research and development
and market dominance based on
excellence.
Samsung, which has now a
presence in Ethiopia, is one of
those businesses that simply
keep growing upward. Since the
enterprising Lee Byung-chull es-
tablished it in 1938 as a grocery
store that also produced noodles,
that is what it has been doing.
The founder had an eye on in-
dustrialization, and the earlier
years of the 72 year old com-
pany saw the establishments of
sugar refinery and a wool mill.
Lee wanted Samsung to be an
industry leader in a wide range
of enterprises, moving into busi-
nesses such as insurance, securi-
ties, and retail.
Today the conglomerate consists
of 18 companies in the electron-
ics, machinery & heavy indus-
tries, chemicals, and finance sec-
tors. There are nine other affili-
ated companies and six affiliated
organizations.
Samsung has grown to become
one of the world’s leading elec-
tronics companies, specializing
in digital appliances and media,
semiconductors, memory and
system integration.
Organization Profile
Samsung says that all of its com-
panies are setting new standards
in a wide range of businesses,
from consumer electronics to
petrochemicals, from advertising
to life insurance. “They share a
commitment to creating innova-
tive, high quality products that
are relied on every day by mil-
lions of people and businesses
around the world,” it says.
Samsung follows a simple busi-
ness philosophy: “to devote our
talent and technology to creating
superior products and services
that contribute to a better global
society.”
At Samsung, we see every chal-
lenge as an opportunity and be-
lieve we are perfectly positioned
as one of the world’s recognized
leaders in the digital technology
industry, reads the official web-
site.
Its commitment to being the
world’s best has won it the No.1
global market share for 13 of its
products, including semiconduc-
tors, TFT-LCDs, monitors and
CDMA mobile phones.
“Looking forward, we’re mak-
ing historic advances in research
and development of our overall
semiconductor line, including
flash memory and non-memory,
custom semiconductors, DRAM
and SRAM, as well as produc-
ing best-in-class LCDs, mobile
phones, digital appliances, and
more,” says Samsung.
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 Organization Profile
L o y a l t y , g o o d s e r v i c e a n d g o o d p r i c e
MAK
Electronics & Industry
The vision of the com-
pany is in the name.
There is nothing indus-
trial going on at MAK at
this moment, a consumer
electronics and IT prod-
ucts distributor and re-
tailer located on the sec-
ond floor of Kurtu Com-
mercial Center around
Habtegiorgis Bridge.
Established only three
years ago, the company
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Organization Profile
believes that in order to remain competitive
in the market of the future it shuld be to grow
into an industry.
“For now we are reserving the name,” says
Mohammed A. Kurtu, 24, owner and manag-
n Dembel 3rd floor
ing director of the company.
It started small in 2008. But even then it was
the sole local agent for Toshiba audiovisual
products and home appliances. The main fo-
cus was on Toshiba television sets.
It has now a team of employees under sales,
marketing & promotion and maintenance
departments. Loyalty, good service and good
price are the three pillars of name-building
at MAK. Loyalty means when you buy a
printer, for example, you are assured that you
buy it with the original printer inks inside.
Mohammed also argues that his company
also offers very competitive prices.
As part of the marketing and promotion
activity, MAK rarely misses technology ex-
hibitions. It has even travelled to Bahr Dar
on one such occasion. It has been part of six
exhibitions so far. Quality printing
“Electronics and IT have a bright future,”
says Mohammed, who holds a degree in &
management from St Mary College.
The company has accordingly shifted its
Creative Design
emphasis to computers and related products
from the original focus on television.
“We concentrate on hardware,” he said. “We
have HP computers and printers, Dell com-
puters ad Toshiba products.”
MAK’s primary clients are resellers who by
in bulk. But it also welcomes individual buy-
ers.
“We say that we are still in the process of
making ourselves known in the market,” he
said, “because there are others who had been
in the market for a much longer time.”
Mohammed wants his company to grow
naturally offering quality products at reason-
able prices and satisfactory before and after
sales service.
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 Product Review
Picsunion is a web-based photo service. It
is a brain child of two visionary Ethiopians.
Once you’ve uploaded your photos from
your computer to picsunion, then, with the
click of your mouse, you can share your on-
line albums or order top-quality prints for
yourself, your friends or family in the US,
Canada, Ethiopia. No more trips to the post
office or begging people to take your pictures
to Ethiopia!. Now you can share, and print
your pictures without leaving home and your
friends, family and beloved ones can share
your memory and emotion in a timely man-
ner. It serves the following countries USA,
Canada, and Ethiopia, however, the company
plans to expand it’s services to other coun-
tries in the near future.
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About PicsUnion
PicsUnion is the vision of Dan-
iel Hailemariam and Goitom
Stay
Seyoum. The company started
in 2008 as a conversation be-
connected
tween the two of them over din-
ner at an Ethiopian restaurant
with friends
near Seattle, WA where they
both reside. A friend of Dan- and family
iel’s had recently returned to
Ethiopia from a long vacation members
with a photo of Daniel’s father
who still lives there and whom when you
he hadn’t seen in person almost
nine years. When Daniel saw the
photo he almost felt as if he was
share your
there with his father physically.
It brought back the good memo-
photos
ries from childhood and the
feeling was priceless. He shared
online
his excitement with Goitom
over dinner. It was then that the
two of them decided to create a
company that would provide a
service to make photo sharing
in their home country easy and
accessible and PicsUnion was
born.
Both Daniel and Goitom are ex-
cited to be doing something that
makes a difference in the home
country of Ethiopia. They feel
good that their work together
may inspire young people from
their country to follow their
dreams. Daniel was born and
raised in Ethiopia. After coming
to the US in 2000, he completed
his second degree in Computer
Information Technology and
started pursuing his dream as a
web/graphic designer. His back-
ground includes work with large
IT companies such as World
Bank and XBOX (Microsoft). It
always has been his passion and
dream to be an enterperenuer
and be able to help others who
Product Review
are in need. Daniel is currently
a Lead Web / Graphic Designer
and lives in Bellevue WA. Born
and raised in Ethiopian, Goitom
completed his undergraduate de-
gree in Computer Science from
AAU (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
After working as a software
design engineer in software and
insurance industries in Ethio-
pia, Cameroon and Eritrea, he
moved to USA where he pur-
sued his MS degree in Computer
Science from Maharashi Uni-
versity of Management in Iowa.
Since then, he has held different
software engineering positions
for various companies includ-
ing Microsoft, Infospace and
Motricity. Goitom never gave up
on his dream of someday own-
ing his own company. Goitom is
currently a Lead Software De-
veloper and resides in Bellevue
WA.
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1 A.HA.A General Trading Plc. Serve and Networking Material 0111560020/0911519087 1 aha_plc@yahoo.com
2 Admas University College Educational Services 0115508808/10/0911695651 2 zewgt@yahoo.com
4 All Africa Plc. Cash Register Supplier 911200569 1 allafrican@ethionet.et
5 Alton trading Hardware 920006062 1
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6 Business Plc. Products and Services 0111111052/0111111058 info@amestsantim.com
7 Apple Computer Hardware 911640530 1 digitalsolution@ethionet.et
8 Avicom Tradin Plc. Hardware and Radio Communication Devices 913314138 1 sales@avicom.com.et
9 Banana Advert Computer and Computer Accessories 0911-977891 1 sammtey@yahoo.com
10 Bankeay Trading Plc. Software 0911003994/0911413508 2
11 Beam IT Solutions Plc. Service 0114662694/0911344326 2 contact@ethiotender.com
12 Bintake Computer Plc. Hardware 0116623383/0911160022 2 Beshahtesfaye@yahoo.com
13 Bizcom General Business Plc. Computer Items 115547571/0911602563 1 swegem@hotmail.com
14 Bridgetech Plc. Printers, Duplicators, Photocopiers and Computers 0116-61-05-55/0911-163742 1 messele@bridgetechplc.com
15 Clear ICT Solutions Software Services and Hardware 0115541362/0911426419 2 eaklu@clearict.com
0911-820227
16 CNET Software Technology Plc. Software and Hardware 0911217341 1 cnet@ethionet.et
17 Compunet Plc Networking Products 911219623 1 compunet@ethionet.et
18 Creative Computer System Plc Hardware and Software 911625109 2 creativecs@ehtionet.et
19 Custor Computing Plc Software 115519397/0911205712 2 custor@ethionet.et
20 Cybersoft Plc Software System Solutions 911209466 2 ekramabdu@yahoo.com
21 Dashen Bank S.C. Banking Service 0114-661380 2
22 Dot Ethiopia Consultancy and Training 912053562 2 dtadessa@dotrust.org
23 Dream Mobile Mobile Phone Sales and Service 0115527887/0911626875 2 yonathan@dream-mobile.com
24 Edra Printing Technology Plc Printing Technology 911614904 1
25 Ethiopian IT Professional Association Services 920538080 1 info@eitpa.org.et
26 Escape Computing Trading Plc Multiple User Devices 0118-60-29-91/0911330777 2 www.escapecomputing.com
27 Ethiopian Mapping Agency Maps and Images 911387707 2
28 Exhion Software solution Software Development and Graphics Design 0116484449/0911714414 2 info@exhion.com
29 Fair fax 913300330 2 yared.demissie@fairfaxtechnology.com
30 F-Trading Plc Computer Products 911904040 1 ftrading@ethionet.et
0114673213/14/15
31 Geomarksystems Maps, GIS Software and GIS Land Work 0911-52-67-50 2 zelalem@gemoarksystems.com
GlobalTechnology &Investment Plc 0116463907/12
32 Vehicle Tracking 0911771347 1 tinbit.girma@gtiplc.com
33 H.L System Software Engineering Software 111223028 1 HLSSE@ethionet.et
34 ICT University Sevice 921798510 1 fekrteshome@yahoo.com
35 Infinite Dimension Software Development Hositng 115500057 2 james@habesha.net
36 Impact Technology plc Computer Accessories 0116631975/0911516075 1 impactplc@ethionet.et
37 IT Village Plc Computer and Accessories 912125050 1 itv@ethionet.et
38 Jupiter trading IT Products 911375208 1 www.jupitertrading.com.et
39 Mak electronics and industry plc Computer and Accessories 0111566953/0911512574 1 info@makelectronic.com
40 MCIT Ministiry of Communication and Infrotmation Technology 115533623 1 eictda@eictda.gov.et
41 MIT Link Computer Solution Plc Service 911027667 1 mitlink@gmail.com
42 ModernETH IT Services and Products 116616915/091167 1
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43 Multichoice Ethiopia DSTV 116610202 outside

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44 Neptune General trading plc Computer and Accessories 0911239967/0911300571 outside neptunecomputer@yahoo.com
45 Neuronet plc Training and IT infrastructure Solution 114169222/0911671309 2 neuronet@ethionet.et
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46 Technology Services Software (E-Payment Services) 0115540870/0115540357 2 sgetu@eventivellc.com
47 Omnitech plc Software 111571256 2 Betty.yitna@gmail.com
0116634163/53/
48 Pos-land software development p.l.c Software 0911622642 2 info@poslandsoff.com
49 Procure International Importer Hardware 0111119810/0911202237 1 procureplc@gmail.com
50 Prolab Data Care Data Recovery 911680408 1
51 PRS 3D Animation Institute & Studio Training and TV Ad. 01148503298/0911514005 1 prs3danimationstudio@yahoo.com
52 Qwerty Hardware 911519083 1
53 Sipara computers & stationaries Hardware 911603028/0911633908 1 nunugir@yaoo.com
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54 Software Choice Traking Vehicle Tracking 0910-52-86-27 2 solomonkassabahitu@yahoo.com

55 Stock IT Hardware 0920-006064/ 0116621429 1
56 Super Genx Solution System Hardware 911181862 outside
57 System Technology Plc Hardware 911221710 1 systech@ethionet.et
58 Techno Brain 0114421813 2 info.ethiopia@technobrainltd.com
59 Telason IT Solution Plc Computer and Accessories 0114 66 25 13 1 telason@ethionet.et
60 The Twins Plc Hardware 111553953 1 twinscomputer2010@yahoo.com
61 Trans world Plc Hardware 115533684 1 adilcape@gmail.com
62 Tsega reta Computer and Accessories 911471845 1 tsegaretan@yahoo.com
63 United Computer &Accessories Computer and Accessories 0911514005/0116188766 1 unitedcomputer@hotmail.com
64 VIA Bluetooth Trading Plc. Hardware 111570541/0911208850 1 meksud@via-blueetooth.com
65 Virtual Computer Enginering Plc Computer Training 0115525667/0911647747 1 virtu_info@yahoo.com
66 Wass Import Hardware 0911244017/0111114673 1 wassimport@ethionet.et
67 Yared Computer Service and Products 0911973232/0910992156 1