Co-Founder And Blogger
Current
Zone Nine Blogging Collective
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Zone Nine is an informal collective of young Ethiopian bloggers working together to create an alternative and independent narrative on the socio-political conditions of Ethiopia. The collective is established under the motto of 'We blog because we care' and we are the winners of: 1. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) 2015 International Press Freedom award,2. Reporters without Borders (RSF) 2015 Press Freedom Prize in the Citizen-Journalist category,3. Human Right Watch (HRW) 2015 Hellman-Hammett award, and,4. One of the three finalists for 2016 Martin Ennals award.