CRAFT Addis
2026 Speakers

Yared Endale

Head Of Eastern Africa, VISA

Jocelyne Muthutu-Remy

Managing Director, Sub Saharan Africa, Spotify

Bruktawit Getahun

Artist

Hugues Fontaine

CEO, Amarna Production

Dr. Angelika Eder

Director, Goethe-Institut Athiopien

Naima Mclean

VP of Creator Economy, ALX

Kidus Yared

CEO, Hasab AI

Mahlet Teklemariam

CEO & Founder, Hub Of Africa Fashion Week

Jeff Hoffman

CEO/Producer, Above the Clouds

Shani Senbetta

COO, Zeleman Communications

Bernard Laurendeau

Managing Partner, Laurendeau & Associates

Yonaiel Tadiwos

Operations Director, Kuriftu Resort

Zelalem Woldemariam

CEO & Chief Creative Director, Zeleman Communications

Michaela Engst

Founder, Engst

Hampus Holmer

Second Secretary Political Affairs and Trade, Embassy of Sweden, Addis Ababa

Dagmawi Bedlu

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Efuye Gela & Chewata Awaqi

Awa Meite

Founder & CEO, AWA MEITE Design

Solomon Kassa

international Tech Strategist | TV Personality | Author | Influencer, 1888EC

Frances Quarcoopome

CEO, JamJar Company LTD

Marie Lora Mungai

Founder & CEO, Restless Global

Steve Babaeko

Founder & CEO, X3M Ideas

Rita Adu Boateng

Founder, Chalom Hights

Andisa Ntsubane

Managing Executive, Vodacom Group Limited

Mahlet Afework

Founder, Mafi Mafi & MFAL

Sewmehon Yismaw

CEO & Founder, Sewmehon Films & Disruptor Creative Hub

Max Ngari

Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative Kenya

Jean Paul Wall

CEO, Moodswing

Markos Lemma

Co-Founder, IceAddis

Anna Getaneh

Founder & Creative Director, Africa Mosaique

Tamara Mariam Dawit

Producer, Gobez Media, Inc

Maranata Tegegne

CEO, On A Rebel Creative

Firehiwot Berhane

Director & Producer, Qene Films

Tedos Teffera

Director Of Photography, Qene Films

Mirafe Gebriel

General Manager, ALX Ethiopia