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From a security alarm built out of a broken cellphone to ventilators during COVID-19, Ezedin Kamil turned rural ingenuity into a portfolio of inventions — and a company to commercialize them.
Forbes.et Staff · Jun 29, 2026
The Chapa co-founder and AI researcher built financial infrastructure handling millions of transactions. Now, with Synheart, he's building privacy-first AI that runs on the body's own signals.
Forbes.et Staff · Jun 29, 2026
The Chapa co-founder turned a licensing battle with the National Bank of Ethiopia into the country's first payment gateway — and a platform that has now processed over 100 million transactions.
Forbes.et Staff · Jun 29, 2026
Before there was an Ethiopian tech scene to write about, there was 'TechTalk with Solomon' explaining it on prime-time TV. Now he's building the studio to fund what comes next.
Forbes.et Staff · Jun 29, 2026
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