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Markos Lemma
Co-founder & CEO

Markos Lemma

📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Markos Lemma is CEO and Co-founder of iceaddis, a company that focuses on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa, particularly in the field of technology, digital innovation, and the creative industry.

Co-establishing logic and strategy for a literacy and technology project in highly remote Ethiopian villages with MIT & Tufts University. Based on the experience xPrize launched a $15mil literacy project award in 2015.

Markos works with high-potential and socially responsible startups in East Africa. Invest in early-stage startups. Speaker on TEDx 2014. His work has been mentioned in different media such as The Economist, BBC, VOA, CCTV, Al Jazeera, TechCrunch, Capital Magazine, and El Pais.