Join us for this episode with Mukemil Bedru, Founder & Managing Partner of Elegance Group and Co-Founder of Hijra Bank, Ethiopia’s full-fledged interest-free Islamic bank. In this episode, we had a conversation with Mukemil about: Working at Deloitte, Starting Elegance, the Interest-Free Banking Concept, Challenges & Resilience, Mukemil’s Life Experience, and much more. More from our partners: Dashen Bank Website: https://dashenbanksc.com Telegram: https://t.me/DashenBankEthiopia Noah Real Estate Website: https://noahrealestateplc.com/ BPO Partnership Form: https://forms.gle/PsAVBP1vXCvhKXFP6 thereliable.tech GIZ: https://www.giz.de/de/downloads/giz2023-en-private-sector-development-in-ethiopia.pdf To advertise on Meri: https://meri.et/advertise 00:00 - Introduction 03:00 - opening 04:11 - Feedback after Meri Summit 05:30 - Background 11:01 - Being a teacher 17:00 - Defining moment 28:45 - Business and education 44:20 - Stepping in in the business world 51:05 - Experience in diverse businesses 01:16:17 - Islamic Banks : opportunity and challenge 01:28:19 - Boards 01:58:10 - Currency floating 02:07:27 - Navigating new policies 02:13:25 - Credit cap 02:27:01 - Real estate 02:42:49 - Rundown questions 03:04:54 - What do you want to be remembered by? 03:09:54 - Life wisdom Social Links https://t.me/MERI_PODCAST https://twitter.com/MERI_Podcast https://www.instagram.com/meripodcast/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKNuQ80qNSpt2x-7dsazJg https://youtube.com/@Meriwoch?si=yIpJ3byprnVNwKi1 https://youtube.com/@mericlipset?si=wwa0KeQ_Nv2aPy9l https://www.tiktok.com/@meripodcast https://www.linkedin.com/company/meriethiopian/ Copyright Notice for Meri Podcast: All rights reserved. The content featured in this podcast is protected by copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or modification of any portion of this podcast is strictly prohibited. For permission to use our content, please contact us at info@meri.et Thank you for respecting our copyright.