Meaza birru biography template

          I was born in Addis Ababa in My parents were from Harar and I grew up in the small town of Hirna, in Western Harerghe, until I was about nine.!

          Ethiopia cracks open airwaves to commercial radio

          By most accounts, Meaza Birru is patient.

          Not easily daunted, she waited eight years to have a commercial radio station – the first in Ethiopia.

          Ms.

          Meaza Biru 49K likes 50K followers Owner of Sheger FM , the first private radio station in Ethiopia.

        1. Meaza Biru 49K likes 50K followers Owner of Sheger FM , the first private radio station in Ethiopia.
        2. Experience: Sheger FM radio · Location: Ethiopia · 9 connections on LinkedIn.
        3. I was born in Addis Ababa in My parents were from Harar and I grew up in the small town of Hirna, in Western Harerghe, until I was about nine.
        4. Experience: Shger radio · Location: Ethiopia · 16 connections on LinkedIn.
        5. Later on, Meaza studied law at Addis Ababa University and served as a judge at the High Court of Ethiopia for three years.

          6. Meaza began regular programming on her radio station last week, one of only two people to get FM radio licenses from the Ethiopian government since it legalized commercial radio in 1999.

          In a country that has one of the most tightly controlled presses in the world, some skeptics think the issuance of the two radio licenses is no more than a token gesture by the government.

          Press freedom has deteriorated sharply here in the past five years, along with political freedom, according to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists and the Washington-based Freedom House.

          Nonetheless, some free-press supporters in Ethiopia, too, see the move as a potential watershed.

          Tafari Wossen, a leading communications consultant, says the new private radio stations – even