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Community Growth Manager Zemenay is looking for a Community Growth Manager to join our team. We’re looking for a proven growth professional who can build and grow communities, drive engagement, and turn community activity into measurable results. Telegram, Discord, and Reddit communities. Responsibilities: - Grow and actively engage the communities - Manage daily conversations, discussions, and moderation - Organize AMAs, events, competitions, and community activities - Run referral and engagement campaigns - Manage ambassadors and community champions - Create community-focused content, polls, and discussions - Collect community feedback and share insights - Build partnerships with other communities - Encourage user-generated content - Track community growth, engagement, retention, and activity - Handle community questions, issues, and conflicts - Develop strategies to turn members into active users and advocates We are looking for someone who is highly active, creative, social, and knows how to build a real community, not just increase member numbers Salary: 30,000–40,000 ETB per month Position: Full-Time Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dDfdFrp7

We killed internships about 2 years ago. But what can we do to bring them back? Right now, internships look like free labor to companies, and the talent knows it. Some interns even get treated badly and barely learn anything. We host interns in cohorts, and we just onboarded our latest one. Here's what we actually do: we let them ask AI, or trust their own eye if they already know, what role actually matches their personality. For their whole internship, they roleplay that exact role. It's surprising how much more productive people are, and how much people shine, when you don't box them in. These guys spent their whole life being taught. We believe teaching alone isn't enough anymore, they need to experiment and actually work in practice. The key thing we practice at ZemenayTech: we give responsibility with full authority. That means requesting budgets for their own projects and ideas, even pulling resources from other departments when they need to. Without that authority, responsibility just becomes a burden instead of room to grow. And honestly, 90% of the time, they fail. But at least they learned. That's our duty to this generation: a playground that's comfortable, low-pressure, and genuinely friendly, where they can actually grow and experience real work. What's one internship experience, good or bad, that shaped how you think about work? Brook Lemma Jonathan Leoul

Global work sounds exhausting on paper. Time zones, cultures, someone always clocking in as someone else clocks out. You'd think it's a mess. It's not, once a team knows what it's doing. Someone in Addis Ababa finishes a task and closes their laptop. A few hours later, someone else opens theirs and picks it up mid-stride, like it was always theirs to finish. No waiting around. No "let me check with the team" black hole overnight. Just work, moving. That 6am message isn't someone being a hero. It's just Tuesday. A call at someone's dinner time isn't a sacrifice, it's a five-minute trade that saves everyone a day of back and forth. Nobody's tracking hours anymore. They're tracking handoffs. And at some point, "wait, what time is it for them" just stops coming up. It's not a question anyone needs answered. The clock doesn't get fought here. It gets used. The project keeps breathing even while half the people building it are asleep.

One of our clients needed more than 30 people. But they didn't want freelancers. They didn't want a traditional development or outsourcing agency either. They wanted their own team. People who worked exclusively for them, followed their processes, understood their business, and could be managed as an extension of their existing company. So that's what we built. We recruited the team in Ethiopia and handled the employment, HR, payroll, local compliance and day-to-day infrastructure behind them. The client manages the team and the work. We handle everything on the ground that allows the team to operate. Today, they have a dedicated team of 30+ people working exclusively for them. This is the model I believe makes outsourcing work. It's not: “Give us your project and we'll find someone to build it.” It's: “Tell us what team you need, and we'll help you build it.” There is a big difference between the two. And honestly, building this has taught me that the hardest part of outsourcing isn't finding people. It's building an environment where people can become a real extension of the client's company. That's what we're trying to get better at every day at ZemenayTech. That's Efrata Tewodros on the pic, talented marketing expert.

Nobody builds a great team by accident. We've hired across time zones, cultures, and skill sets, and if there's one thing that keeps showing up in the teams that actually work, it's this: great teams aren't the ones with the most talent. They're the ones with the least friction. Here's what we've actually learned, mostly the hard way: 1. We learned that trust beats micromanaging, every time. The moment we stopped checking in on everything, people actually started owning their work. 2. We learned excuses are usually a sign we didn't set things up clearly in the first place, not that someone dropped the ball. 3. We learned honest feedback fast beats "nice" feedback late. We used to sit on problems to be polite. All that did was let them grow. 4. We learned that once a decision is made, everyone needs to actually commit to it, even the people who disagreed. This one took us way too long to figure out. 5. We learned to stop measuring people by hours online and start measuring them by what actually got done. 6. We learned people need room to mess up without it becoming a whole thing. Some of our best team members grew the most right after a real failure, not despite it. 7. We learned that assuming someone understood you is way riskier than just asking if they did. 8. We learned showing up consistently matters more than showing up impressively. 9. We learned to actually stop and celebrate the small stuff. We were so focused on the big goal we forgot to notice the wins getting us there. 10. And we learned people always come before process. Every system we've built exists to serve people, not the other way around. We're still learning most of these, honestly, some of them we relearn every few months. What's something you learned about building a team that you had to learn the hard way? Would genuinely love to hear it.

Interviewing with us soon? Here are 6 things we really wish candidates knew before hitting that “Apply” button: 1. Be consistent. What you tell us in the questionnaire should match what you tell us in the interview. Simple rule: don’t lie on the form. 2. Read the job description. A role might sound like a good fit, but that doesn’t automatically mean you’re the right match. 3. Don’t double apply. If you’re currently employed and need a month or more to leave your current job, please be upfront about it. 4. We care more about what you can actually do than your grades, degree, or what you wore to the interview. Show us you can do the job. Experience matters. 5. Be yourself. Nobody wants to interview a personality that disappears the moment the interview starts.Tell us your quirky jokes, your proudest moments, or even send us a picture of your cat. We want to meet the person, not just read the CV. #Zemenay #Hiring #JobInterview #Careers #Recruitment #JobSearch

Meta just unveild a palm sized ai device for its AI agent. If AI agents start acting on our behalf, who gets to decide what they're allowed to do? First and foremost, kudos to the Meta team for yet another interesting product launch. This AI isn't just a standard AI agent and, to be honest, you can't really classify it alongside OpenAI and Anthropic like most people do. Muse doesn't just chat. It actually does mundane tasks for you, from organizing emails to negotiating bills and, surprisingly, even shopping on your behalf. And this is where things get interesting. Amazon actually blocked Muse from shopping on its platform. Which raises a bigger question: If AI agents start acting on our behalf, who gets to decide what they're allowed to do? But does this mean a lot of startups will die? Financial advisors, email organizers, virtual assistants and many others? We personally don't think so. Of course, roles like virtual assistants will adapt and change into something else. For example, we could see some sort of security layer becoming increasingly important because the fear of privacy is always lurking in people's minds when using these types of powerful AI. The more access we give AI, the more useful it becomes. But the more access we give it, the more we have to trust it. And then there's the language side. Muse's underlying voice technology supports 25 languages, lowering one of the biggest barriers to AI adoption: language. Even though Amharic isn't supported yet and we feel left out 😂, we're sure it will get covered in the next update. We truly believe this is a cross-cutting product that won't only affect tech and support. This is also AI meets outsourcing in its own way. Outsourcing has always been about getting work done. Now AI agents are starting to do some of that work themselves. This could transform the industry completely. If you've used Muse, what do you think of it so far? Do you think it will run people out of jobs? Will privacy become a bigger risk? Let's hear it. #meta #generativeAI #wearables

Numbers like these always start an argument, and honestly, they should. Germany freelancers averaging over $100/hr. The Philippines and Bangladesh sitting around $10-11/hr for what is often the exact same skill set, sometimes the exact same client. The easy read is "cost of living explains it." And it does, partly. But it doesn't explain why a Nigerian or Pakistani developer with five years of experience and a strong portfolio still gets quoted at a fraction of what a European counterpart charges for comparable work. That gap isn't just economics, it's pricing psychology, market access, and who gets taken seriously by default. We've sat on both sides of this. We've seen incredible talent undercharge because "that's just the rate here," and we've seen average work get premium pricing because of where the freelancer happened to be born. So here's the real question worth sitting with: is this map showing you where the best value is, or where the biggest pricing gap is waiting to be closed? Curious where you'd draw that line. Drop your take below.

Ethiopia's digital economy is growing fast, at least on paper. 3,051+ licensed digital firms. 24,000+ direct jobs created. And according to the World Bank, mobile data costs have dropped over 90% since 2018. That last one is where we pause a little. On paper, connectivity is cheaper than ever. On the ground, a lot of young professionals and businesses are still dealing with yearly price hikes, unpredictable network cuts, and the everyday friction of building something digital in a system that isn't always keeping up with the growth it's celebrating. So yes, the numbers are real and the momentum is real. But numbers rarely tell the whole story. The firms are growing, the jobs are coming, and the people doing the actual work are figuring out how to build around the gaps nobody puts on a slide. Source: World Bank, 2025, "Empowering Ethiopians by Laying the Digital Foundations for Economic Growth."

Ethiopia Isn't Just an Outsourcing Destination. It's a Market on Its Way Up. Most companies evaluate outsourcing destinations by looking at where the talent already is. The more useful question is where it's heading. According to Boston Consulting Group's 2026 report on Africa's developer ecosystem, Ethiopia's developer community grew faster than almost anywhere else on the continent between 2019 and 2024, even with a smaller current developer base than markets like South Africa or Kenya. That combination matters. A high growth rate paired with a still-emerging base means this is a market building serious momentum before it becomes common knowledge. The companies building teams here now are getting in early on that trajectory. The data says the window is open. The question is who moves first. Source: Boston Consulting Group, "Develop the Developers: A Strategic Priority for Africa," March 2026. #AfricanTech #TalentOutsourcing #Ethiopia #RemoteWork #FutureOfWork