Sam Rosmarin
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#Ethiopia investor & strategist helping launch African companies, products, and brands worldwide. Previously gov 🇪🇹 & gov 🇺🇸
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@alexisohanian
Seems like a good time to share this for people protesting in your comments
No, AA isn’t racist. It’s equity.
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This is not true says my friend who was born and raised in Lalibella and is currently living there. I spoke to him today and he’s there now.
I don’t know where Rashid’s “Ethiopian sources” are, but they’re clearly not in Lalibella.
Ethiopian sources confirm Lalibela, historic city in Wollo, Amhara State, has been seized by TDF.
Ethnic militias sent to stop TDF advance badly beaten, forced to retreat.
TDF said in control of whole city, including airport.
Big blow for Abiy. He cannot win this war.
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I first came to Ethiopia in 2012. Seven years later it’s 2012 and I’m still here. Melkam Addis Amit.
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You know you’ve been in Ethiopia a long time when you find humor in this sign.
እንዴ?
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@antarcticitiger
@landia_trump
@nypost
Say it with me: Africa. Is. Not. A. Country.
Only 3 of 55 countries were affected by Ebola in 2014.
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Mexico exported $3 Billion worth of avocados to the US last year
Lessons for
#Ethiopia
:
1. Ethiopia has a great climate for valuable avocados
2. Improve domestic cold chain (most avocados don’t make it to Addis, even to fewer export markets)
3. Decrease time and cost to port
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If there’s one thing that unites all Ethiopians, it’s their disdain for duba wot.
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I can’t believe I have to say this, but please don’t email job applications with the subject “hi bro, how are you?”
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Falling asleep at my home in Addis, I can hear planes taking off from Bole Airport. Thankful for
@flyethiopian
for soldiering on through these most difficult times to connect
#Ethiopia
to the world.
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#Ethiopia
whenever I return from an overseas trip, it’s dirkosh that I crave most. Something about injera with injera.
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Hey
@TwitterSafety
and
@jack
there should be an option for “It’s misinformation designed to enflame conflict” on this drop down.
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This coffee from
#Ethiopia
sells for $68/kg. That’s 3500 ETB/kg.
Kudos to Aman and his team at METAD coffee for showing the world the best of Ethiopian coffee. If everyone followed his quality-first model, we wouldn’t have to worry about forex.
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There is sadly no longer room for facts in
#Ethiopia
. Review the responses and likes — almost perfect correlation with their preconceived opinions of who/what is “right”. We should all check our biases.
This is not true says my friend who was born and raised in Lalibella and is currently living there. I spoke to him today and he’s there now.
I don’t know where Rashid’s “Ethiopian sources” are, but they’re clearly not in Lalibella.
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@meazaG_
@AbiyAhmedAli
My neighborhood is seen as one of the most “Tigray neighborhoods” in Addis. There have been a dozen or so days of checkpoints and searches over the past few years.
By contrast, this time: there has been ZERO of what you’re describing here.
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It always makes me sad when I remember that
@flyethiopian
serves imported instant coffee on its flights.
“Proudly serving Ethiopian coffee” should headline each coffee cup. A missed opportunity to be an ambassador for Ethiopia’s unique gift.
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@IgnacioPJ298
@spectatorindex
This is an exercise in capitalism not the first amendment. All those companies felt continuing as normal was a business risk.
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Some free advice for
#Ethiopia
|n entrepreneurs: build teams with diverse skills. If you’re a programmer, don’t start a company with your 3 coding buddies. Find a marketer, an accountant, and a sales person.
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I have a kitfo joke but it’s too raw
I have an archaeology joke but nobody digs it.
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Let’s encourage the one million
#Ethiopians
visiting for the
#GreatEthiopianHomeComing
to buy world-class Ethiopian products during their visit:
@AradaET
@HaderoCoffee
@Cherish_Addis
@SewasewD
@store251_
@Truluvgranola
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Imagine an
#Ethiopia
where each region was actively competing for the best talent and companies.
Where the wealth was built throughout the country instead of contesting the center.
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@RAbdiAnalyst
We shall see if you delete the post now that you have better information. If you don’t, it seems your objective is to provoke conflict rather than objectively report on it.
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People ask “what motivates you?”
Answer: working shoulder to shoulder with this team, the Komari Strategy Department
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Honored to be one of the first people to cup
@HaileGebr
’s coffee — expertly roasted by
@SaraYirga
and hosted by the wonderful team at
@hyattregency
:
@kerems
and
@HeddoSiebs
.
I wouldn’t be surprised it this coffee wins Ato Hale his next🥇
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The rumors are true:
@AradaET
has launched a ginger flavor.
This a flavor that I’ve been working on since my bartending days, and bottling this flavor this was one of the reasons I wanted to help start Komari 5 years ago.
I hope you enjoy.
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Selam Gebrekidan is not a traitor. She is also not a mouthpiece. She is a journalist. When people call journalists “traitor” for writing a story about her country of origin that isn’t 100% positive, we enter a dangerous place. Journalists should be loyal to facts, not nations.
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@weirdFrances
@cmliwagdixon
And natural resource exploitation to drive their communities into poverty.
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@wolfejosh
@miles_k
Your comment is racist dog-whistle drivel.
Show me the last time you referred to American social media companies as “Opium dens”.
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Turning the Ethiopian calendar from 2013 to 2014 brings a sigh of relief, and some hope that this year will be better.
Melkam addis amit
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Drivers yelling konjo at passing school girls (in uniform) are creepy. Don’t be that guy.
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Fun fact: The Amharic word for Easter (Fasika) comes from the Aramaic word for Easter (paskha), which is also the origin for the word Easter in Greek (pascha) French (pâques) and Spanish (pascua).
The Hebrew word for Passover (pesach) also is derived from paskha.
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@HeraneTigray
That’s photoshopped. And a terrible one. The truck is a different resolution than the background. And different shading. Do you actually believe this is a real photo?
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She's not on Twitter, so I want you all to know that my wife Afel is awesome.
She was just appointed to the board of a decades-old Ethiopian organization and she'll be the first female board member in their history.
#WomenOnBoards
#Ethiopia
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Not 1, not 2, but 3 different pairs of boys tried to mug me this morning on the streets of
#AddisAbaba
. Sad to see this new level of petty crime — unprecedented in my 11 years in
#Ethiopia
.
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Don’t get me wrong, Ethiopia’s food is great but it’s not “street food” by any reasonable definition.
It’s not eaten on the streets, isn’t sold as take-away, can’t be easily carried, nobody walks while eating.
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@SahilBloom
Experience is like a pyramid. The broader the base, the higher you can build. So, diversify your experience early in your career.
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People say
#Ethiopia
feels divided these days.
But we should remember there’s still one thing that unites all Ethiopians: a hatred for duba.
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Debre birhan is a city that takes its future success into its own hands.
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There seems to have been a rise in kidnappings-for-ransom here in Addis. Such crime was unheard of even a few months ago. Now I’ve heard of a pattern of incidents including targeting joggers and people exifing CBE branches.
Stay safe folks.
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Related: I feel very bad for foreigners in Ethiopia who believe “sure” is the correct translation of እንዴ
You know you’ve been in Ethiopia a long time when you find humor in this sign.
እንዴ?
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Serenity at Lake Tana, which should really be called Lake Tena ;-)
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The impact of the forex restricted items list:
#Ethiopia
imported close to $1B of these items last year.
Hat tip to Bezawit Asfaw for developing this infographic:
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That moment when a group asks to share your table, orders
@AradaET
, talks about how much they like it in a language they think you don’t understand and are completely oblivious to the fact they’re sitting with a member of the management team 😁.
#Proud
#WhyIDoWhatIDo
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Anyone know people looking for jobs in Hawassa, Ziway, and the surrounding areas?
If so, I can help connect them to potential opportunities.
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I love the communities that gather under Addis Ababa’s doorways during sudden rain.
Wealth, origin, profession — they all become irrelevant in the collective pursuit of dryness. Instead, under the overhang, we find peak Ethiopian hospitality and generosity.
#Ethiopia
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Addis peeps, do you also get electrocuted by ATMs during kiremt?
How are these things not grounded!?
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I put tenadem in my Ambo and it was delicious. Herby and refreshing.
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I’m extremely impressed with what Hanna is doing to transform Ethio Post. Far from being a relic, the foundation is being made for a future-pointing institution.
It is increasingly a touch point for important services and logistics.
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@baraGodzilla
To be fair you should show the complete ad. The one that includes them giving $26000 to each of those entrepreneurs to fund their dreams. Much more authentic than this version of the ad.
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No women on the executive team? That’s not how it’s done in
#Ethiopia
’s leading firms. First step on the wrong foot.
.
@AnwarSoussa
Today, I would like to introduce you to some of our Executive Committee (ExCo) team who will steer the company in the implementation of our digital transformation strategy in Ethiopia.
#SafaricomInEthiopia
#DigitalEthiopia
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Grateful for another Thanksgiving surrounded by family, cooking together
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@Manning4USCong
@jack
The military uses mail in ballots. Does voter fraud happen in the military?
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The rumors are true:
@AradaET
has launched a ginger flavor.
This a flavor that I’ve been working on since my bartending days, and bottling this flavor this was one of the reasons I wanted to help start Komari 5 years ago.
I hope you enjoy.
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Ethiopian 🇪🇹 food apparently has the most spices per dish on average.
Berbere in everything!
When I first saw this graph, the main thing that stood out to me was that Japan has the world's least spicy food.
Even Brits eat spicier food.
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Here’s my issue: if I’m hiring fresh grads in Ethiopia, where they went to high school is a better predictor of aptitude than where and how well they did at university. That means, for many people, campus was a neutral or even net negative impact on their growth.
I think that is a question that shall be answered first before complaining that there is no skilled youth in the market. It is like when a teacher says, ‘There are NO students in the class after the teacher boycotts 20 sessions and then appearing on the 21st session’. 8/8
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Sent to me. Original source unknown. Great idea for
#Ethiopia
.
@DrSenait
@lia_tadesse
@Senaitbitew
@DrTsion
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Ethiopian dishes don't get enough credit for their variety across cities. Like how shiro from Gonder is a completely different dish than shiro from Mekele. What's your favorite version of an
#Ehiopia
|n food?
Mine is mitmita from Jijiga -- it has the most delicious anise taste
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Feeling blessed to work with such a vibrant team here at Komari
🐓
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Did you know that restaurants in Addis Ababa are required to have a shower and bed (“in case staff feel dizzy”)?
When laws are impossible to comply with, it becomes just a way for public officials to make money and fails to protect the public (all violations can be paid for).
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If you are in Boston, venture 30 minutes north to the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) and see this majestic exhibition covering more than 2000 years of
#Ethiopia
’s art and traditions both in Ethiopia and, notably, how Ethiopian art has impacted the world
#EthiopiaAtTheCrossroads
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Still devastated by the loss of Caleb. Yesterday’s power outage was a fitting symbol —
#Ethiopia
went to sleep without an important source of energy and light.
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The first bank in
#Ethiopia
— Banco di Roma — is now a CBE, but the original Italian metal grate remains.
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Some thoughts on
#Ethiopia
's investment climate:
- Notable progress on trade and transparency
- Incentivize companies to educate their employees
- Easing dividends will create a positive FOREX flow
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@Zemedeneh
@nytimes
@CharlesMBlow
There are always outliers — just because Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire, that doesn’t mean all tech investments are viable. You know this.
Your success was in spite of American racism, not because that racism doesn’t exist. That makes your story more remarkable.
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I always feel a bit mischievous when I eat alone and order beyaynetu. Like, this is all for me? For the price of a burger?
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Public memorial for Caleb tomorrow at noon at IEC Church, and funeral at 3pm at Petros Paulos.
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Visited Barhir Dar University’s maker space today. Incredible entrepreneurs working on manufacturing companies.
Winning formula:
1. Smart curious young engineers
2. Business training
3. Access to university equipment
4. A star named Bezawork (photo middle) coordinating it all
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#Ethiopia
PSA
We get too many applications like “Hi, I need a job. Here is my degree (in something unrelated to the job).”
I have no problem hiring from any background, but you should be able to tell us why you are a good fit. It’s not HR’s job to guess.
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@thomas_m_wilson
Questions may be asked about any infinite number of things. (Like flying unicorn interference.) Sounds like you are asking questions about expansion’s connection. Why? Nobody else suggesting that. ET has impeccable safety record.
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Discipline is the greatest form of self love.
The future you is dependent on the current you to keep the promises you made yesterday.
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This article claims Komari “was founded entirely by Ethiopians” … does this mean I’m officially a diaspora now?
Komari revolutionizes Ethiopian market with record-breaking production capacity
Komari Beverage, a recent entrant into the beverage industry, announced its production capacity of 216 thousand bottles within an impressive 8-hour span.
read more 👉🏿
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When the
#Ethiopia
|n stock market arrives, companies will discover that Mergers and Acquisitions are critical to building value and signaling growth. What are some M&A deals you’d like to see?
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