Moderating a Yale Center Beijing talk

Welcome!

My name is Lina and I am from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I run a social enterprise that aims to bring digital education to Ethiopian students. Learn more about it at www.educationforethiopia.org.

My journey started as I wrote the first book in the world that helps Amharic (Ethiopia’s lingua franca) speakers learn Mandarin Chinese. Many people in my country were happy to have access to educational materials in local languages so I set out to make that widely accessible.

Like many students in developing countries, Ethiopian pupils work as well as attend school. If they miss school for whatever reason, especially their science and math classes, they may never catch up. Digitized content will meet them where they left off.

Previously, I wrote about Africa-China relations. Having lived in China for about a decade, I wanted to share with my audience how China and Africa are shaping the world. I have a book series called “The Complete Beginner’s Guide to China-Africa Relations.”

If you read all that, we should probably talk. Send me a message or add me on LinkedIn below.

Nov 6

Nov 6 Moderating a Yale Center Beijing talk

Lina Ayenew

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Happy to have moderated a panel last on Africa's financial sector as it relates to the flourishing relationship between the continent and China. An extension of the Beijing Forum, this conference was organized by the Yale Macmillan Center and the Yale Center Beijing. Featured on this panel are Colin Coleman, Head of Investment Banking and MD for Sub-Saharan Africa at Goldman Sachs; Vishal Agarwal, Chairman and Chief Executive at at Full Circle Africa and former MD at GE and PwC ; Zhuoyan (Claire) Zhang from Bain & Co. and consultant on Africa's digital economy and Shamas ur Rehman Toor from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

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Welcome!

Nov 6 Moderating a Yale Center Beijing talk

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