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Follow the pan-African journalist, the journey of Lee Kasumba, as he explores Ethiopia’s business dynamics on World Refugee Day.
On World Refugee Day, pan-African journalist Lee Kasumba explores Ethiopia’s long history of helping refugees.
Kasumba is on a fact-finding mission to Standard Bank’s Africa Connected to gain insight into Ethiopia’s business environment.
Read: ‘One million people await housing in Addis Ababa’
Ethiopia is the second largest refugee host country in Africa.
Lee Kasumba, journalist
In January 2018 there were approximately 900,000 refugees from neighboring countries with a main population coming from South Sudan.
Lee Kasumba, journalist
In Ethiopia, they really feel that life in the camp is not the way to go. They are widely celebrated for trying to integrate refugees into society and rehabilitate them.
Lee Kasumba, journalist
If you have been a refugee for more than 20 years, after going through the scrutiny, you will be offered a path to citizenship.
Lee Kasumba, journalist
Kasumba says that Ethiopians have a strong feeling that they are “their brother’s guardians”.
Approximately 26,000 refugees live in the capital city of Addis Ababa.
Follow Kasumba’s journey across the continent on AfricaConnected.co.za and on social media using #AfricaConnected.
Now I fully understand why people, when doing business in Ethiopia, feel that there is a strong sense of purpose …
the capital city of Addis Ababa
To listen to the rest of the conversation with Lee Kasumba, listen below:
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