About Us
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to bring world-class education available in more developed countries like the US to students in Ethiopia through our educational platform and open a new door of learning opportunity that will set-up students for success in the 21st century.
In addition to making the platform available, we work with and support parents and schools to make sure students use our platform effectively.
OUR BOARD
Our work is guided by people who are very passionate about bringing world-class education to students in Ethiopia.
Araya Kebede has a BS degree from Technical University of Berlin, Germany in Industrial Engineering and two MS degrees from Louisiana State University in Civil Engineering and Information Technology Engineering. Over the past 18 years, Araya has been a technology consultant for various US government agencies including the Department of Labor (DOL), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and currently for the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Araya currently lives in McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Araya
Fikre Zewdie has a MA degree in Development Studies and Political Science from London School of Economics and has over 25 years of work experience in international NGOs including Action Aid, Oxfam GB and Digital Opportunity Trust Canada. He has led and managed multi-faceted large-scale country programs in Ethiopia, Pakistan and Southern African countries. Fikre has also served as member of the Executive Board for Poverty Action Network Ethiopia (PANE), Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations (CRDA) and Debo Micro Finance Institution.
Fikre currently lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Fikre
Ruth has a BS degree in Information Systems and Decision Science from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and a MS degree in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. She has been working in IT for over 20 year and is currently a Director of Development at Oracle USA. Ruth is passionate about lifelong learning and works with her community in the US and in Ethiopia to address the education disparity that exists within school aged children.
Ruth currently resides in Northern Virginia, U.S.A.
Ruth
Sisay Kebede has a BA degree in Foreign Languages and Literature from Addis Ababa University and a MA degree in Education (Special Needs) from the University of Joensu (Eastern Finland). He has also earned high level certificate in Inclusive Education (Quality Educating) from the University of Oslo (Norway) and a high-level certificate from KIE (Kenya Institute of Education) in ECD (Early Child Development). Sisay’s recent work experience includes panel head at ICDR (Institute for Curriculum Development and Research, MOE), Director of Ethics and Anti- corruption, and Director of Finance, procurement and administration at MOE.
Sisay currently lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.