Thursday, September 17, 2026

Michael Mesfin

Name: Michael Mesfin

Education: BSc. Computer Science

Company name: Kiosk E-Commerce and Store Management Platform

Title: Founder

Founded in: 2019

What it does: Online store management software and a virtual market place

HQ: Addis Ababa

Number of employees: 3

Startup Capital: 5,000 ETB

Current capital: Growing

Reasons for starting the business: To introduce and develop modern culture of marketing

Biggest perk of ownership: Cloud store rent and promotion

Biggest strength: Following current trends

Biggest challenging: Convincing merchants to register in our platform

Plan: Registering and enabling the service for over 150 merchants in the next 2 years

First career: Software engineer

Most interested in meeting: Elon Musk

Most admired person: Nikola Tesla

Stress reducer: Reading books and watching football

Favorite past time: Reading books and watching foot ball

Favorite book: Skin in the game, Nassim Taleb

Favorite destination: Austin, Texas

Favorite automobile: Tesla

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