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“Since we are a fair trade organisation people want to buy fair trade shoes from us but they want to buy at cheap prices. That I don’t understand. I know that running a business is not that easy and there is always a threat, there is always a risk that we are going to take, but I love it.” https://kadigest.com/the-shoe-making-ethiopian-bethlehem-tilahun-alemu/
— Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
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About Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (born 1980) is an Ethiopian businesswoman, founder and executive director of soleRebels, Africa's "fastest growing footwear company". Alemu has received honors and accolades for her business acumen, as well as her efforts to shift the discourse on Africa away from poverty to the continent's entrepreneurial spirit, social capital, and economic potentialhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Tilahun_Alemu#cite_note-1. Alemu launched "The Republic of Leather", designing sustainable luxury leather goodshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Tilahun_Alemu#cite_note-2, and "Garden of Coffee" retail outlets to promote Ethiopian coffees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Tilahun_Alemu#cite_note-:0-3
About Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (born 1980) is an Ethiopian businesswoman, founder and executive director of soleRebels, Africa's "fastest growing footwear company". Alemu has received honors and accolades for her business acumen, as well as her efforts to shift the discourse on Africa away from poverty to the continent's entrepreneurial spirit, social capital, and economic potentialhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Tilahun_Alemu#cite_note-1. Alemu launched "The Republic of Leather", designing sustainable luxury leather goodshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Tilahun_Alemu#cite_note-2, and "Garden of Coffee" retail outlets to promote Ethiopian coffees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Tilahun_Alemu#cite_note-:0-3
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