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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.

I was featured on Yale News!

I was featured on Yale News!

Lina Ayenew
Press, Books

Alumna Lina Ayenew is connecting the dots between Africa and China

When Lina Ayenew ’10 B.A., ’11 M.P.H. first attended an information session on fellowships by the Yale-China Association as a graduate student, she wasn’t sure if she was a good fit. Born in Ethiopia, Ayenew took language classes in French and Spanish — not Mandarin — and had not studied the country or culture. But the association, which has been sending Yale students to China to teach English since 1909, encouraged her to apply, and she soon found herself in Hunan province through the Medical English fellowship teaching a public health course. The program also included an intensive Mandarin course and a crash course in teaching in Hong Kong.

Read full article here

With Eric and Cobus on the China-Africa Project

With Eric and Cobus on the China-Africa Project
Sketch note of my book launch

Sketch note of my book launch