Meet the Team

Here are the people behind the magic

Founders

Kaleab Mezgebu

COO/CEO

A system analyst and solutions architect with active involvement in system designs, incepting real world application of service components and managing stakeholder communications Kaleab leads the overall operation of HaHuJobs.

Michael Sahlu

CTO

A full stack developer specializing in front end implementation and architecture design. With over nine years of working experience Michael leads all the technology advances of product deployments.

Eskinder Mamo

CBO

Innovation manager by training and with over eleven years of experience, Eskinder is involved in business and project development, specifically in developing concepts and proposals as well as securing funding for HaHuJobs.

Technical Advisors

Johanna Roth

Technical Advisor

Johanna is a PhD candidate in labor and development economics at Sciences Po Paris and holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, where her dissertation investigated the role of AI in shaping skill demand using online job vacancies. Johanna is also a research associate at the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development, where her work focuses on labour market intermediation projects in Ethiopia and South Africa. In addition to her academic work, Johanna has worked at the European Central Bank and the United Nations.

Christian Johannes Meyer

Technical Advisor

Christian leads the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development at the University of Oxford. The programme aims to use research and evidence to improve economic opportunities in low- and middle-income countries. Christian’s academic research lies at the intersection of development, labor, and behavioral economics. Before academia, he worked with the World Bank, the Center for Global Development, and the United Nations.

David Qihang Wu

Technical Advisor

David is a PhD candidate from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the hiring frictions of both large and small firms in Ethiopia. His current projects include understanding high turnover rates in large manufacturing firms, and how employment agencies help small firms overcome hiring barriers.

Hayat Abdulmalik

Technical Advisor

Hayat has a long career in development programming with extensive experience working with governments, donor agencies and private sector. She has managed several large scale initiatives with a more recent focus on gender, workforce development and digital economy. She is the managing director of Taya Consulting which works with private sector and development partners who are seeking to achieve social impact in Ethiopia.