Former director general of telecommunications to lead the quality agency of education

Andualem Admbadie (Ph.D.), the former CEO of Ethio Telecom was replaced by the former deputy CEO of the defunct Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) Frehiwot Tamiru.

Andualem, who worked for the Telecom Monopoly for He was Director of Internal Audit from 2010 to 2012, Director of Human Resources from 2012 to 2013 and Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2018 was appointed Director Agency for relevance and quality of higher education (HERQA).

Frehiwot will begin his role as CEO of Ethio Telecom on Monday, July 23, 2018, according to a pressurer from Ethio Telecom's Communications Department sent to The Reporter .

Frehiwot has a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Open University, UK, while she received her first degree was from the University of Addis. Abeba in information systems. She has eight years of experience in the telecommunications field where she rose through the ranks to become Deputy General Manager of the former Ethiopian Telecommunications Company.

Still a member of the board of Ethio Telecom, she is also the founder and general manager of Doksa IT Technology. She has also established and set up various start-ups that are still in use.

The new position badumed by Andualem requires close engagement with the country's higher education institutions. HERQA is "responsible for guidance and regulation of the sector with the Center for Strategy for Higher Education (CSEH) and the National Center for Educational Resources," according to the Agency's website

. provides that the powers and duties of the director of the Agency include the management and administration of the Agency and that he executes the powers and functions of the Agency, employs and administers the necessary staff for the Agency's activities and represents the Agency in its dealings with third parties, delegate its powers and obligations to Agency employees, prepare and submit to the Board the annual plan and the Agency budget and implement it after approval, submit a report to the board, establish a relationship with higher education institutions in cooperation with the appropriate bodies, keep the account books of the Agency and fulfill the objectives of the Agency as entrusted to it by the Ministry of Education of the Board of the Agency.

Andualem holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the State University of Bulacan (Philippines). He is also a graduate of the Masters in Leadership and Management Education (EDPM) of the University of Addis Ababa while receiving his BSc from the same University in Business Education. He also has a degree in Project Management.