Name: Mandela Kefyalew
Education: Diploma
Company name: Negus Shoe Factory
Title: Owner
Founded in: 201
What it does: Manufacture shoes
HQ: Addis Ababa
Number of employees: 15
Startup Capital: 400,000 Birr
Current capital: Growing
Reasons for starting the business: Long time experience in importing shoes motivated us to start our own company
Biggest perk of ownership: Changing the image of the Ethiopian shoe industry
Biggest strength: Hardworking
Biggest challenging: Capital and society awareness
Plan: To change the Ethiopian shoe industry
First career: Shoe sales
Most interested in meeting: Betelhem Tilahun
Most admired person: My father
Stress reducer: Watching movies
Favorite past time: Traveling
Favorite book: Bible
Favorite destination: China
Favorite automobile: Daewoo Damas
