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The Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral
Association (AACCSA) hired Teshome Beyene as the new
secretary general and Teferi Asfaw and Tamirat
Admasu as deputies.
Prior to assuming the new office, Teshome, was
president of the Mekele Chamber of Commerce and
Sectoral Association. After his tenure of presidency
ended two years ago, he was replaced by Assefa
Gebreselassie. Teshome resumed working for Nyala
Insurance in Addis Abeba who he had been serving in
the capacity of branch manager for 11 years.
Tamirat was formally installed last week as the
deputy secretary general responsible for support
service. He is still acting manager of the
exhibition centre and head of the public relations
and media department, formally assuming the capacity
of deputy secretary general in charge of business
development at AACCSA.
Teshome, 43, earned his fist degree in economics
from Addis Abeba University (AAU) in 1986 and
received his MA in economics in 1992 at the
University of East Angela, in the United Kingdom
(UK).
He was the planning expert at the Ministry of
Planning on the national account team between 1986
and 1999. Teshome was elected to serve as president
of the Mekelle Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral
Association from 2002 to 2004.
Before his appointment, Semunesh Dimetros, former
manager of the investment commission at the Addis
Abeba City Administration, remained at the helm of
AACCSA as the secretary general for two years. Due
to a disagreement she experienced with her
colleagues, Semunesh resigned from her position in
April this year.
Speaking to Fortune, Eyesuswork Zafu,
president of AACCSA, said that the study under which
the Chamber is restructured requires the positions
of two deputy secretary generals. According to
Eyesuswork, 16 candidates submitted their
applications for the position of the secretary
general, out which four were short listed. Teshome
was picked mainly based on his educational
background, he added.
AACCSA was established in 1947 by a group of
businessmen, most of whom were ex-pats. It became a
legal entity the same year it was established.
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