Monday, August 24, 2026

Name:  Tiya Fikre Korsa

2. Education (የት/ት ደረጃ):  3rd year student at Jimma university

3. Company name (የመስሪያ ቤቱ ስም): Debo Engineering

4. Title (የስራ ድርሻህ): Agritech Team Leader

5. Founded in (መቼ ተመሰረተ): 2019

6. What it does (ምንድነው የሚሰራው): AI-powered Agritech and smart digital solutions, focusing on coffee sorting, IoT tools for agriculture, web/app development

7. Headquarters (ዋና መስሪያ ቤት): Jimma, Ethiopia

8. Start-up capital (በምን ያህል ገንዘብ ስራዉን ጀመርሽ/ክ): 15,000 ETB

9. Current capital (የአሁን ካፒታል): Over 2,000,000 ETB

10. Number of employees (የሰራተኞች ቁጥር): 11 permanent, 49 commission-based freelancers

11. Reason for starting the business (ለስራው መጀመር ምክንያት): To solve agricultural challenges through AI

12. Biggest perk of ownership (የባለቤትነት ጥቅም): Freedom to innovate and directly solve community problems

13. Biggest strength (ጥንካሬህ/ሽ): Innovation-driven, resilient, and solution-oriented mindset

14. Biggest challenge (ተግዳሮት): Limited funding and slow digital adoption by traditional sectors

15. Plan (እቅድ): Scale Coffee AI solutions nationwide and expand into new digital agriculture tools

16. First career path (የመጀመሪያ ስራ): Currently student

17. Most interested in meeting (ማግኘት የምትፈልጊ/ገው ሰው): Elon Musk

18. Most admired person (የምታደንቂ/ቀው ሰው): Zaha Hadid

19. Stress reducer (ጭንቀትን የሚያቀልልሽ/ለህ): Listening to spiritual songs

20. Favorite book (የመፅሐፍ ምርጫ): The Alchemist and Sememen from Amharic

21. Favorite pastime (ማድረግ የሚያስደስትህ): Reading fiction, listening to music or podcasts

22. Favorite destination to travel to (ከኢትዮጵያ ውጪ መሄድ የምትፈልጊ/ገዉ ስፍራ): Rome, Switzerland and Turkey

23. Favorite automobile (የመኪና ምርጫ): Santorini Black Range Rover

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