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Minister of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia
Belete Molla is the Minister of Innovation and Technology since October 2021.
He is the founder and Chairman of the National Movement of Amhara (NMA). He has served as a lecturer at Addis Ababa University at the Department of Philosophy.
Belete holds PhD in Philosophy from Addis Ababa University. He also received his BA and MA in Philosophy from Addis Ababa University in 2005 and 2013 respectively.
Apart from that, he holds the following:
• MA in Applied Ethics jointly from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Linkoping University (Sweden), 2008.
• Certificate of Competency for Teaching in Higher Education Institutions, AAU, 2015.
Awards & recognitions: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Award from the European Union, 2007.
Memberships of International bodies
Publicity: Journals, editorial roles, initiatives etc.
Research interest: Ethics, political economy, intercultural philosophy, hermeneutics, African philosophy, etc.
