Business and bureaucracy: Ethiopia entrepreneurs overcome hurdles

On the cusp: Tsegaye (left) working with a colleague at the Deliver Addis office in Addis Ababa. With a growth rate of nearly 10% a year over the past decade according to the World Bank, Ethiopia has attracted entrepreneurs eager to take their cut of a market with over 94 million potential consumers.

ADDIS ABABA: The large open plan office with staff behind sleek computers looks like any newly-started modern business. 

But Ethiopia’s first online restaurant delivery service, Deliver Addis, must contend with major hurdles that would stall many entrepreneurs in more developed nations.