Name: Christina Negusie
Education: BA
Company name: Chris lamps & lighting
Title: Owner
Founded in: 2021
What it does: Manufacture pendant lampshade by hand
HQ: Addis Ababa
Number of employees: 2
Startup Capital: 10,000 birr
Current capital: Growing
Reasons for starting the business: To be financially free
Biggest perk of ownership: Freedom to make the decisions you feel are right
Biggest strength: Encouragement in all the ups and down
Biggest challenging: Capital
Plan: To be able to substitute the lampshade material that’s being imported from abroad
First career: Concierge
Most interested in meeting: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Most admired person: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Stress reducer: Praying
Favorite past time: Reading
Favorite book: Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill
Favorite destination: Nowhere in particular
Favorite automobile: Range Rover
