Kama Ethiopia is the engine for structural economic transformation. We bridge the gap between 41+ public assets and the startup ecosystem — turning State-Owned Enterprises into Venture Clients and Ethiopian founders into commercially validated innovators.
Industries are changing rapidly. Emerging technologies, evolving markets, and shifting customer needs are pushing enterprises to rethink how they operate and grow.
The organizations that thrive will be those that embrace collaboration — combining enterprise scale and market access with the creativity and agility of Startups.
KAMA connects Ethiopia’s enterprises with talented founders to co-create, test, and scale solutions that address enterprise needs, unlock new opportunities, and drive economic growth.
For founders, it means access to customers, infrastructure, and expertise that would otherwise take years to reach.
Africa’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund
Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) is Africa’s largest sovereign wealth fund,
established to advance national development through the strategic management of
public assets, drive high-impact investments, and cultivate transformative
partnerships that promote sustainable economic growth and maximize value for
current and future generations....
EIH manages a diversified portfolio of more than 41 State-Owned Enterprises
(SOEs) across nine strategic sectors: Energy & Connectivity, Transport &
Logistics, Financial Services & Capital Markets, Agriculture &
Agro-processing, Manufacturing & Industrial Development, Mining, Engineering
& Chemicals, Construction & Real Estate, and Trading, Tourism & Hospitality
Together, these portfolio enterprises form the foundational anchor of Ethiopia’s national economy, employing more than 180,000 people and managing and holding assets valued at over USD 30.7 billion.
Aligned with Ethiopia’s 10-Year Development Plan, EIH invests in priority sectors that drive national transformation and long-term prosperity, including Agriculture & Food Security, Logistics Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing & Industrial Processing, Real Estate & Wellness, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Capital & Financial Markets.
To accelerate modernization of the EIH Portfolio and Strengthen Ethiopia’s innovation ecosystem, EIH launched KAMA (ካማ) — a flagship open innovation and venture-building platform that connects its extensive network of State-Owned Enterprises with founders and startups developing innovative solutions.
By combining the scale, market access, and strategic assets of enterprises with the creativity, agility, and speed of innovators, KAMA creates pathways for frontier venture building, enterprise transformation, and long-term economic value creation.
Empowering Africa’s Innovators
ALX Africa is a pan-African talent and venture development platform dedicated to empowering Africa’s digital and entrepreneurial future.
Operating across nine African countries, ALX supports more than 250,000 active learners at any given time. In Ethiopia, ALX has established two innovation hubs, trained more than 197,000 individuals in technology, and supported more than 10,500 entrepreneurs and founders
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Through initiatives such as ALX Ventures and the Founder Academy, ALX delivers world-class technology training, entrepreneurship development, and startup support.
ALX provides end-to-end venture-building support, including founder training, mentorship, startup incubation, and acceleration services. This equips entrepreneurs with the skills, tools, and networks needed to build scalable ventures.
As a social impact organization, ALX strengthens the ecosystem by building an investable pipeline of startups, applying a data-driven acceleration methodology, and leveraging strong local execution capacity, demonstrating a long-term commitment to ecosystem development.
To position Ethiopia as Africa’s leading innovation hub through systematic enterprise-startup collaboration, commercialization, and investment facilitation.
