Sufian ahmed ethiopia biography channel

This is because he is a simple, self-effacing, and soft-spoken man of intellect. He is charming, deliberate, focused, and result-oriented. His Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn is proud of him; the Ethiopian people celebrate his achievements; the international development community respects him, and many a finance minister pray to have his record of accomplishments.

Without the usual countless staffers milling around him in the corridors of the meeting halls, without the pretentious brisk steps and game faces of finance ministers many are accustomed to seeing at the annual meetings, you might not have doffed your hat to him as you passed by him. Okay, we are not in London but in Washington where the cultural niceties of English gentlemen count for less; so forget the part about doffing of the hat.

Sufian Ahmed, Former Minister of Finance, Ethiopia.

But permit us, at least, to introduce him to you. Since he has pulled out all the stops to achieve double-digit growth rate in his country and helped two prime ministers to mobilize Ethiopian human and material resources for rapid economic development. Unlike other African fast-growing economies, agriculture, the source of livelihood for over 84 percent of the population, industry, and services are the lead-growth sectors.

Before now, Ethiopia was nudging up uninterrupted double-digit average growth rate of Compare this to the 3. Indeed, exports have improved, foreign investments are pouring in, and professionals in the Diaspora are coming back home to contribute much-needed expertise and experience. The Ethiopian government has relentlessly focused on domestic resource mobilization, growth-enhancing infrastructural projects, and the development of pro-poor sectors of the economy.

As the average American will say, Ethiopia is on a roll.

Number of speakers, including HE Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance, former Country Director Ishac Diwan,.

But if you talked to Sufian, he would not say Ethiopia is on a roll. He would quickly point you to the task ahead, to the various plans to further transform the Ethiopian economy. The country, he would add, is in deliberate haste to achieve a middle-income status in So no one in the government is popping corks of wine bottles or clicking glasses of soft drinks to celebrate economic achievements.