Mesfin Tasew

Mesfin Tasew leads Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest airline and arguably the continent's most successful example of a truly pan-African operating company. From its Addis Ababa hub, Ethiopian connects African cities to one another and to destinations across the world, making the airline a critical piece of the continent's physical connectivity. Its success predates the current enthusiasm for pan-African technology by decades. Tasew belongs on the Borderless 100 because Ethiopian demonstrates what African scale looks like when it is built deliberately: one African company, operating across national boundaries, creating a network that makes the continent feel smaller and the world more accessible.