Swiss Connections
Swiss Connections is a contact database of Swiss citizens living in Ethiopia, representatives of Swiss organisations and businesses, and individuals with close relationships to Switzerland.
These persons make up the Swiss Ethiopian Business Partners Group, are experts in commercial and legal operations, tourism, coffee trade, architecture, environmental protection and sustainability, media, and humanitarian activities in various regions of Ethiopia.
Swiss Companies represented in Ethiopia
ABB / EES
Abdurahman Mohamed, Managing Director
etees@ethionet.et; ABB
BÜHLER AG / Sol-Pro
Solomon Belachew, General Manager
Solomon.belachew@buhlergroup.com;
BÜHLER GROUP
EFICO / KURU ETHIOPIA
Abdurahman Mahdi, Head of Operations
amahdi9488@gmail.com; kuru@ethionet.et
LIEBHERR / Mac-Sheb PLC
Seifu Zewdie, Operations Manager
seifu@macsheb.com; Mac-Sheb
NESTLÉ
Wossenyeleh Fikre, Business Development Manager
wossenyeleh.fikre@ke.nestle.com; Nestlé
RIETER / DD PLC (for TEXBEVFRA CONSULT LTD, NAIROBI)
Abdurahman Temam, General Manager DD PLC dprivate@ethionet.et
hans.u.schweiter@texbevfra.com; Rieter
SANDOZ ETHIOPIA
Ludmilla Reina, Country Head
ludmilla.reina@sandoz.com; Sandoz
SCHINDLER / Tana Engineering
Ambra Del Gaudio, Deputy General Manager
Ambradg1@gmail.com; Tana Engineering
Swiss owners of Ethiopian businesses
Abbafany Butchery
Samuel Bächinger, Owner
samibaec@ethionet.et
African Village Hotel, Dire Dawa
Siegfried Koch, Owner
Siegfried.koch@24by7.org; African-Village
Dessert Rose Consulting
Thomas Berger, Consulant
berger@saabas.net; DRC Ethiopia
Hess Travel and Tours
Freddy Hess, Sales & Marketing Manager
hesstravel@ethionet.et; Hess Travel Ethiopia
Orbis Trading Plc.
Rolf Gautschi, General Manager
orbis.trading@ethionet.et; Orbis Trading Ethiopia
South Pole Group
Lars Osterwalder, Country Representative
lars.osterwalder@gmail.com; South Pole Carbon
Individual Swiss Reference Points
Jean-Marc Flukiger
Deputy Head of Mission, First Secretary, Embassy of Switzerland
jean-marc.fluekiger@eda.admin.ch;
Ruth Brogini
President, Associazone Saed Etiopia
associazone@saedetiopia.org; Saed Etiopia
Zegeye Cherenet
Partner, NesTown Group / EiABC
zegeye11@yahoo.com; NesTown
Berhanu Debele
Regional Coordinator, JACS Horn of Africa / NCCR North South
berhanudebele@gmail.com; nccrhorn@ethionet.et
Masresha Fetene
Consultant, Water and Land Resource Centre
masfetene@yahoo.com; WLRC Ethiopia
Manuel Flury
Counsellor, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Embassy of Switzerland
manuel.flury@eda.admin.ch; SDC
Dr. Berhane Ghebray
Legal Advisor, Berhane Ghebray & Associates
berhaneg@ethionet.et
Fasil Giorghis
Consultant, EiABC
fgiorghis@gmail.com; EiABC
Thierry Grobet
Wildlife Conservationist, Nyala Productions
thierrygrobet@hotmail.com; Nyala Productions
Martin Grunder
Consultant, Agriculture and Development
martin.grunder@gmail.com
Abdi Guta
Managing Director, Education for Development Association
efhda@ethionet.et
Dawit Lemma
Consultant, C62 MEDIA
dawit1911@gmail.com; C62 Media
Yonas Mekonen
Special Assistant to the Eastern Africa Sub-Regional Coordinator, FAO
yonas.mekonen@fao.org; FAO Ethiopia
Michael Moser
Consultant, Signum Vitae
michael.moser1@gmx.ch; Signum Vitae
Philippe Roh
Head Mechanic, Orbis Trading Plc.
Orbis.roh@ethionet.et; Orbis Trading
Jakob Schneider
Pathologist, Black Lion Hospital
j.schneider@ethionet.et
Ghebrehiwet Tesfai
Chair, Centre for Federal Studies, AAU
sinit996@yahoo.com
Zenebe Tesfaye
General Manager, Selam Children's Village
gm@selamchildrenvillage.org; Selam Children's Village
Rea Tschopp
Wildlife Veterinarian, AHRI / ALERT
rea.tschopp@unibas.ch; EACCR
Gete Zeleke
Director, Water and Land Resource Centre
gete.Zeleke@cde.unibe.ch; WLRC Ethiopia