Ethiopian Industry State Minister says soleRebels promoting country’s image Posted on 18 Jul 09:02
does it get better than this....a few days after winning outstanding business woman award for 2011 , i am being given a press conference by The Minister for Industry of Ethiopia!!!!!!!
See what he had to say about soleRebels below:
Industry State Minister Tadesse Haile said SoleRebels, an Ethiopian factory that entered into international market is promoting the country’s image.
The founder and managing director of SoleRebels factory Bethlehem Tilahun has been named Outstanding Businesswoman at the 2011 African Business Award.
In a press conference he gave with owner of the factory, Bethlehem, in connection with the award here on Friday, the minister said the factory is enabling the country earn foreign currency.
He said the factory has put in place modern market system and secured international rights.
Tadesse said the factory,which is environment friendly, makes use of more than 95 percent raw material locally available.
Bethlehem on her part said the award is a pride for Ethiopia and a pioneer for other African countries.
She said the award is also a good indication for the effective implementation of the five-year Growth and Transformation Plan.
On June 23rd 2011, Bethlehem was named 
The Irish Times recently profiled us in their weekend magazine in a great story called 
The youth culture website Tunza has just published a feature on soleRebels called '
At the invitation of the World Banks Managing Director, Bethlehem addressed the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [LDC's], presenting her views on opportunities to increase prosperity by expanding fair + equitable trade in developing countries over the next decade.
The World Wildlife Fund celebrated their 50th Anniversary on May 1 2011 and they invited soleRebels' founder, Bethlehem, to address their symposium alongside Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Nice!!
We were honored [ and more than a little excited ] when the Wold Economic Forum selected soleRebels' founder Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu as a Young Global Leader for 2011.
soleRebels' founder Bethlehem's invitation marked the 1st time an African entrepreneur was invited to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative as speaker + panelist.
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