Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Metsehet Yelima

Name: Metsehet Yelima

Education: Degree in Management

Company name: Yam Packed Foods

Title: Co-owner and manager

Founded in: 2021

What it does: Make different kinds of packed foods

HQ: Addis Ababa around Hayat

Number of employees: 2

Startup Capital:100,000 birr

Current capital: Growing

Reasons for starting the business: To create a strong family business

Biggest perk of ownership: Trying what we want to do

Biggest strength: Good at creating new things

Biggest challenging: Capital, bureaucracy

Plan: To expand the business and open our hotel

First career: Manager at a hotel

Most interested in meeting: No one

Most admired person: My sister

Stress reducer: Swimming

Favorite past time: Time with my family

Favorite book: Born a crime, by Trevor Noah

Favorite destination: China

Favorite automobile: Ford

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