Ethiopian business publication Birr Metrics has published an in-depth profile of Green Scene Energy founder and CEO Rekik Bekele — currently the lead story in its Startups section.
The feature traces her journey from a young electrical engineer on her first field assignment in Axum, through years of rural solar installation work across Ethiopia, to founding Green Scene in 2016 — and building it into a company that has reached more than 100,000 households, launched Ethiopia’s first locally assembled induction stove, and now stands at the intersection of the country’s clean energy and manufacturing ambitions.
The piece also takes an honest look at the challenges facing Ethiopian clean-tech manufacturers — financing, foreign exchange, and supply chains — and why implementation, not ambition, is where the real work of the green transition happens.
