Addis Alemayehou is a Senior Advisor at ASG, where he uses his expertise in telecommunications to support client engagements across East Africa.
Alemayehou is the Founder and CEO of 251 Communications, an Addis Ababa-based public relations firm and a co-founder of KANA TV, an Ethiopian entertainment, free-to-air satellite channel broadcast exclusively in Amharic.
Previously, Alemayehou served as Chief of Party of USAID’s Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) Ethiopia Program which promoted increased two-way trade between the United States and Ethiopia under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA).
For his efforts with this program he was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from the US Department of State.
Alemayehou serves on the board of Brand Africa, a pan-African intergenerational movement that aims to create a positive image of Africa, celebrating its diversity and inspiring its competitiveness. He also serves on the board of the African Leadership Network.
Alemayehou is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.