Saturday, February 28, 2026

Name: Zerubabel Zeleke

2. Education: (የት/ት ደረጃ)

BSC in Software Engineering & BSC in Management

3. Company name: (የመስሪያ ቤቱ ስም)

MASSA FARMS

4. Title: (የስራ ድርሻህ)

Founder & Manager

5. Founded in: (መቼ ተመሰረተ)

2000 G.C

6. What it does: (ምንድነው የሚሰራው)

Integrated Farming & Seedling Nursary

7. Headquarters: (ዋና መስሪያ ቤት)

Hawassa

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

550,000 ETB

9. Current capital: (የአሁን ካፒታል )

Undisclosed

10. Number of employees:(የሰራተኞች ቁጥር)

 7 Permanent & 1000+ temporary farm workers

11. Reason for starting the business: (ለስራው መጀመር ምክንያት)

To put an impact in Ethiopian farming by using technology & efficient practices

12. Biggest perk of ownership: (የባለቤትነት ጥቅም)

Freedom to explore & implement innovative ideas

13. Biggest strength: (ጥንካሬህ/ሽ)

Resilience & obsession on building scalable systems

14. Biggest challenge: (ተግዳሮት)

Scarcity of exemplary farms for learning

15. Plan: (እቅድ)

Scaling up our effective farming model at a large scale

16. First career path: (የመጀመሪያ ስራ)

Software Development

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

Captain Solomon Gizaw

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

Warren Buffett

19. Stress reducer: (ጭንቀትን የሚያቀልልሽ/ለህ)

Prayer & meditation

20. Favorite book: (የመፅሐፍ ምርጫ)

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – by Stephen R.Covey

21. Favorite pastime: (ማድረግ የሚያስደስትህ)

Sitting and thinking alone

22. Favorite destination to travel to: (ከኢትዮጵያ ውጪ መሄድ የምትፈልጊ/ገዉ ስፍራ)

     Wageningen, Netherlands

23. Favorite automobile: (የመኪና ምርጫ)

    Chevrolet Silverado HD

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