Yonatan Tekie,
Ethiopia Country Director

Yonatan has a Diploma from Bahir Dar Teachers College and a BA in Literature and History from Addis Ababa University. He is also an ordained youth pastor iand served in this capacity until 2002 during which he started a ministry called Youth Impact together, whereby hundreds of young street kids and orphans were cared for and mentored.

In 2005, Yonatan and his wife started a school called Destiny Academy. Before joining Edify, Yonatan served as the General Manager of Destiny Academy.

Between 2005 and 2007, Yonatan served as a Country Representative for an organization called Inter-faith peace building Initiative. He has also been involved in leadership training for government officials, church leaders, business leaders and university students. Moreover, he has had several national and international conference speaking/training engagements. Yonatan has also been frequently invited to speak on TV and Radio.

Dibo Gelgelu, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Dibo joined Edify in March 2017 as the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. Prior to joining Edify he helped start Great Ethiopian Transformers Academy, a school which is now partnering with Edify.

Previously, he has served as a project manager for a non-profit organization supporting children and worked for the government as head of planning. Dibo is also founder of an internet café business, co-founder of an investment group and co-founder of Eden Business Share Company, a Christian owned water bottling company. Dibo completed his degree in Statistics from Jima University and served as a leader for the Evangelical Christian Student’s Fellowship as a student.