ቀስ በቀስ እንቁላል በእግሩ ይሄዳል داخل كل شخص تعرفه هناك شخص لا تعرفه
Nizar is based in Addis Ababa, working on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa since 2016 and Egypt and the Maghreb from 2013 as a journalist and consultant.
Résumé:
**Addis Ababa correspondent, Bloomberg News (Jan. 2017-), Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Red Sea area; coverage of a purported failed coup d'état; the damn(ing) of the Nile; Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-MAX crash; transport, rail logistics, ports, U.A.E., Chinese military bases, geoeconomics, pipelines; EPRDF leadership transition, political & economic liberalisation; historic Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal; Ethiopia’s regional states and Somali regional state; military-industrial conglomerate MeTEC, China Merchants, Poly-GCL; African Union; -- contributions over the years to Africa Confidential, Le Monde diplomatique, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg Businessweek & Markets magazines;
**Consulting analyst and advisor, Egypt, Maghreb, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa (2015-18), approx. 400-pages brief-based reporting and analysis in complex political and commercial situations; investigation, intelligence, evidential support, and advice on strategy for clients from international arbitrators and litigators to banking institutions, governments, private equity, sovereign wealth funds (transport; telecoms; energy; infrastructure; terrorist organisations; armed groups; asset traces; fraud; sanctions investigation: Egypt; Ethiopia; Somalia; Djibouti; Eritrea; South Sudan; Sudan; Uganda; Libya; Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco);
**Prognostic analysis, Yangon, Myanmar (2018), Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, command-and-control from China’s base in Djibouti, personnel restructuring in People’s Liberation Army’s Western and Southern Theatres;
**Correspondent, Africa Confidential, Cairo, Tunis, Algiers, Paris, London (2013-16); coverage included European Press Prize and Overseas Press Club of America cited exposé of Egypt $9.4bn. slush funds fuelling Mubarak regime patronage networks, Tunisia banking crisis after Ben Ali, Nigerian petroleum licences amid regulatory investigations, regional saga over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam;
**Egypt consultant, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2015), Economic Research Forum paper on auto and parts production sector industrial policy, protectionism, industry-state collusion;
**Marjorie Deane fellow, Companies & Emerging Markets, Financial Times (2013).
Education:
London School of Economics, LL.B; Columbia Law School; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.A. (2008-12). scholarships: Lorana Sullivan & Alan Elias foundations, Overseas Press Club of America, New York Financial Writers' Association.
Contact:
WhatsApp/Telegram +251 909 775 901; Ethiopia cell phone + 251 094 477 3649; nmanek2@bloomberg.net; nizar.manek.hoa@gmail.com; Twitter: japanizar