Meet 5 Ethiopian entrepreneurs, who own businesses with annual revenues of $50 million or more. Belayneh KindieSource: Agricultural CommoditiesBelayneh Kindie Import And Export (BKIEA), the eponymous company Belayneh founded and runs, is the largest agricultural commodities trading company in Ethiopia. He founded the company in 2005 to primarily export oil seeds and subsequently expanded into other commodities such as sesame seeds and nuts. Its commodities trading business has revenues of a little over $60 million in 2016. He is also the founder and CEO of oil exploration firm SouthWest Energy, one the largest oil and gas acreage holders in East Africa.

Source: Forbes June 13, 2017 15:11 UTC