Sisay Shimelis
The client is Mr. Sisay Shimelis, who is from Ethiopia, but travels around the globe frequently. Part of the time, Mr. Shimelis lives in State College, PA, and part of the time he lives in India and Ethiopia, among other places. He has collaborated on multiple projects within Penn State University that aim to better the quality of life of people in regions of Eastern Africa. One of these projects is the Injera Project, in which Penn State students developed a machine to help Ethiopian women make traditional bread, “injera,” in a more sustainable and efficient way. A second project is NutrAfrica, in which Penn State MBA students are working to globalize the Ethiopian coffee industry.
Mr. Shimelis’s goal in this project is to create a “hub of activity” in the Horn of Africa region, where Penn State students can come to build machinery that helps people in Eastern Africa. This hub of activity will be a collaboration between Penn State University, the US government (US Africa Command), and African countries. By building machinery to make African people’s daily lives easier, this project will help create infrastructure in the area.
Mr. Shimelis’s goal in this project is to create a “hub of activity” in the Horn of Africa region, where Penn State students can come to build machinery that helps people in Eastern Africa. This hub of activity will be a collaboration between Penn State University, the US government (US Africa Command), and African countries. By building machinery to make African people’s daily lives easier, this project will help create infrastructure in the area.