A Case Study of an Ethiopan Refugee in Germany

Bamrot Yekoye Abebe () and Petra Moog ()
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Bamrot Yekoye Abebe: University of Siegen
Petra Moog: University of Siegen

Chapter 8 in Refugee Entrepreneurship, 2019, pp 115-125 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Kaficho is the youngest of three Ethiopians, from an outspoken family who were engaged in political clashes with the government. His journey to refuge is unique in the sense that he undertook postgraduate studies in Germany, returning to Ethiopia with the intention of starting a family there with his wife. As his tourism company grew, when he returned to it in 2010, he entered into partnership. He also held a position at a university near Addis Ababa, but soon started to face political pressure to join the ruling party or suffer the consequences. In 2013, this pressure led him to abandon the idea of staying in Ethiopia, and he fled the country, successfully immigrating into Germany. Not being able to find employment in Heidelberg, he established “Kaficho Trading” in 2015, which is a transnational business-to-business sole proprietorship for small machinery and coffee.

Keywords: Ethiopia; Germany; Entrepreneurship; Partnership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92534-9_8

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