By ELIAS MAKORI More by this AuthorOn Monday, distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie made another quantum leap in his entrepreneurial life by gifting Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali with the first electric car assembled in the country. But more significantly, the production of this line of vehicles will help reduce carbon emissions and contribute towards a greener Ethiopia. Haile’s latest investment further cements his enviable position as the role model our athletes need to learn from to secure their post-running future. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (right) tries out a Hyundai electric car after it was presented to him by Ethiopia’s athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie in Addis Ababa on July 27, 2020. “Haile is smart and wasn’t thinking of short-term money,” Hermens, who engaged Haile when the superstar was just 18, once said in an interview.

Source: Daily Nation July 28, 2020 03:56 UTC