Resume

Primary Field of Activities: (Reporting on economic, social, science, political, environmental topics, other issues but mainly focusing on business perspective/ conducting research on investment potentials of Ethiopia)

  1. Family name:Gessesse
  2. First names:Andualem Sisay
  3. Date of birth:June 12, 1973
  4. Nationality:Ethiopian
  5. Civil status:Married
  6. Education:

(Date from - Date to) / Institution / Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
2002-2005 / EthiopianMass Media Training Institute / Diploma in Print Journalism
2002-2003 / Master Videography and Photography Institute / Diploma in Videography and Photography
August 21-December 21, 2002 / African Virtual University / Certificate in Basic Computing courses
September 22-23, 2006 / Malaria Consortium, Coalition Against Malaria in Ethiopia and SciDev Net / Certificate: “Reporting on Malaria, Scientific research, Control and Prevention”
September 28-30, 2006 / African Child Policy Forum-Children’s Legal Protection Centre / Certificate: “Child rights and the Role of Media”
October 25-26, 2006 / Ethiopian Journalists’ Association and Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association / Certificate: “Gender & Development, Reproductive Health rights & Women’s right”
May 14-18, 2007 / INTERNEWS: USAID-from the American People / Certificate: “Reporting from the source: Mastering the Basics of HIV/AIDS Reporting
2005-to date / Addis AbabaUniversitySchoolofJournalismandCommunications / 3rd year Degree Student in Journalism
September 17-21, 2007 / CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) and Reuters Foundation / Certificate on Reporting Climate Change in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
  1. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Language / Reading / Speaking / Writing
Amharic-local / 1 / 1 / 1
English / 1 / 1 / 1
Oromiffa-local / 3 / 2 / 5
  1. Membershipof professional bodies:

Member of Coalition of Media Against Malaria in Ethiopia

Member of Nile Media Network: Ethiopian Chapter

  1. Other skills: Computer Skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher

Communication Skills: Coordinating skill and working effectively in a team…

  1. Present position: Senior Business Reporter on Addis Admass,a weekly Amharic language newspaper a website based in Hollandand Investment Analyst at Access capital (
  2. previous positions: Senior Business Reporter for Capital , a weekly business newspaper and Deputy Editor In-chief for another business weekly Guardian
  3. Key qualifications: Gather and Organize information to make articles and news and edit other stories that are going to be printed and conduct research on investment potentials of the country
  1. Professionalexperience

Date from - Date to / Location / Company / Position / Description
August 1, 2004-July 31, 2005 / Addis Ababa / Capital Newspaper / Junior Reporter / Gather and organize information to make and news with the support of other reporters
August 1, 2005 -July 31, 2006 / Addis Ababa / Capital Newspaper / General Reporter / Gather and organize information to make articles, news and conduct interviews alone
August 1 2006- July 31, 2007 / Addis Ababa / Capital Newspaper / Senior Reporter on broad areas / Gather and organize information to make articles, news, edit papers
August 1, 2007 – November 29, 2007 / Addis Ababa / Capital Newspaper / Senior Reporter on selected areas / Gather and organize information to make articles, news, more focusing on business, politics environment, and crimes, edit papers and assign other colleagues to make interviews write news
From September 2006 up
to-date / Addis Ababa / based website / As Contributor of business news from Ethiopia / Writing and contributing business news for international readers from Ethiopia
From April 2008 up to date / Addis Ababa / Addis Admass newspaper
/ Senior Business Reporter / Contributing business and stories of political nature
January 2, 2008 up to May, 2008 / Addis Ababa / Guardian Newspaper / Deputy Editor in Chief / Editing news, articles and writing articles and deciding the articles and news that will be published
From June 2, 2008 up-to-date / Addis Ababa / Access Capital / Analyst / Conducting various researches on investment potential and activities going on in Ethiopia in different sectors
  1. Other relevant information

For some of the stories I have been reporting about please, type my full name (Andualem Sisay) into any search engine such as

18. Reference

1-Abraham Fisseha, Correspondent for Al Jazeera

Tel: Mobile +251 091 120 4251

2-Tadesse Engdaw, Correspondent to German Radio - Deutsche Welle (DW)

Tel: mobile +251 091 165 4443

3- Tewedag Sintayehu, Capital Newspaper Assignment Editor,

Tel: mobile +251 091 165 8611

4- Mekuria Mekasha, Lecturer at AAUSchool of Journalism and Communication,

Tel: mobile +251-091 120 42 70

19. Complete Address

Andualem Sisay Gessesse

Tel. Mobile +251- 91- 140 75 39

Home +251-11- 213 57 34 (parents)

Email: <>or < or

P. O. Box: 180759

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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