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TILAHUN (BETHLEHEM) ALEMU (ETHIOPIA)

Friday August 26 2011

TILAHUN (BETHLEHEM) ALEMU (ETHIOPIA)
Alemu founded the trailblazing footwear company soleRebels to provide solid community-based jobs. Hailed as “Africa’s Nike”, soleRebels has created over 75 full-time and over 120 part-time jobs and is now the first WFTO Fair Trade certified footwear company on the planet. In May 2011, Alemu was invited by World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to address the World Bank/UN LDC trade enhancement policy formulation sessions in Istanbul, marking the first time a female African entrepreneur was invited to assist in formulating global trade policy in this global forum. In June 2011, Alemu was named 2011’s Outstanding African Business Woman by the African Business Awards, becoming the first Ethiopian to ever win the award.

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