Tewodros Ashenafi is the man foreign companies use to get into Ethiopia
Tewodros Ashenafi was the local partner on Ethiopia's largest privatisation, a $1.4 billion tobacco deal, and co-owns Ambo with Coca-Cola.
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Tewodros Ashenafi was the local partner on Ethiopia's largest privatisation, a $1.4 billion tobacco deal, and co-owns Ambo with Coca-Cola.
SouthWest Energy (SWE), which Ashenafi founded in 2005, has become Ethiopia’s leading indigenous oil and gas exploration and production company.
Forbes acknowledged Ashenafi’s financial prowess in 2017, listing him among the wealthiest individuals in Ethiopia.