Discover Top Freelancers in Ethiopia

Our company, Eternal-Media Communications Advertising and Production PLC is a premier full-service communications, advertising and Production Company located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was originally established in 2010 as an advertising and promotion company. Since then, Eternal-Media has grown to an all-inclusive, full-service communications agency. We have a mix of communications professionals with wide ranging expertise including market research, design, messaging and project management. A typical brand engagement is a true team effort where our team collaborates closely with yours to discern your organization’s true strengths and present them to the marketplace. Besides the creative thinking process, we provide wide variety of services making Eternal-Media a one stop center and our services can be categorized in the following major divisions. * Branding and Creative Design * Audio & Video Production * Web Design & Management * Social Media Management * Interaction Design * Marketing Consultancy * Media Buying & Monitoring * Event Management & BTL Activation

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Audio Storyteller
• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Colorist
• Fixer
• Sound Mixer
• Social Media Producer

Maheder is an Ethiopian documentary photographer/Videographer born and based in Addis Ababa. She has a very rich experience working with numerous non-profit organizations, documenting and telling important stories for more than six years. Maheder also freelances for major news agencies like AFP, Reuters and Mongabay and is also a member of international associations such as Women Photograph. Moreover, Maheder has been accepted to numerous prestigious programs like World Press Photo Masterclass East Africa and New York Times Portfolio review 2019 and has made a presentation at World Press Photo, Netherlands 2018 and RAY Festival, Germany, 2018. She is also a contributor for @everydayafrica on Instagram and has recently founded Center for Photography in Ethiopia (CPE), a learning and discussion platform for Ethiopian Photographers. She recently curated a photography exhibition titled “Baxxe:Home” and has also co-edited a photography publication titled Against Gravity.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer

My Name is Yidnekachew Lemma. TV journalist and Film Producer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I have got more than 10 years experience in audio-visual Production and film production industry. During my stay in the production industry, I have produced a number of documentaries, Cinema films, Local TV Programs and dramas, Various TV spots and Radio Advertisements, various feature stories and news stories for many international media houses such as Aljazeera, CNN, BBC, CGTN, Press TV, VOA, TRT, TRD, Routers and currently working as stringer TV correspondent for the Associated Press and Aljazeera based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Full-Service Live Production
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

Beza Hailu Lemma is an Ethiopian filmmaker, fixer, and field producer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has written, directed, and independently produced factual tv content and several short films, including Ballad of the Spirits (2017) and Adeby Abeba (2019). He has also worked on countless foreign productions as a fixer and field producer, most prominently on the Al Jazeera documentary series "My Ethiopia" (2019). Beza was an artist in residence at the Africa Center in Australia (2017) and the Realness Screen Writing Residency (2019) in South Africa. He has also participated in Berlinale Talents, IEFTA Addis to Cannes Program, TIFF Filmmakers Lab, and Produire au Sud.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Documentary DP

Mulugeta Ayene is an Ethiopian photojournalist and fine art photographer living in Addis Ababa. While his work covers a wide range of subjects, recurrent themes in Mulugeta Ayene’s work are social transformations and their effects on identity and social relations. Mulugeta works on regular assignments for prominent international organizations such as UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to mention a few. Mulugeta was awarded the first prize in the Spot News, stories category of the 2020 World Press Photo Contest and was one of the nominees for World Press Photo of the Year and Story of the Year in 2020.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Spanish-Ethiopian filmmaker & photographer based in Ethiopia since 2010. With a deep understanding of the country and Africa in general, multilingual (Spanish, English, Italian, Amharic), married to an Ethiopian-American artist, forming a vibrant multicultural family of six. Through traveling and filmmaking, I have found immense joy in my work, embracing it with the curiosity and wonder of a child.

• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Creative Director
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Translator
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Editor
• Transcriber
• Digital Content Creator

I am a freelance journalist and editor based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with nearly ten years of experience in media and communications. My articles have been featured in various local and international outlets including Mongabay.org, Selamta Megazine, Scidev.net, VaccineWorks etc. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working with esteemed local publications such as Addis Fortune, the largest business newspaper in Ethiopia, The Reporter, Ethiopian Insight, and Addis Zeybe.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• Translator
• Production Assistant
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber

Elias Meseret is Correspondent for the AP news agency based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is also an Editor at Ethiopia Check, a fact checking platform established in Ethiopia. He worked as a journalist in Ethiopia for more than ten years.

• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host

Africa-based multimedia journalist with bylines from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya for Reuters, VOA, AP, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Washington Post, and others.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Audio Storyteller

An experienced journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Full-Service Live Production

An award wining photographer and videographer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fashion Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary

Corespodent & Sudan Radio commentator for Aljazeera & BBC channels Writer ln African political issues Translator English _ Arabic

• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Writer, Reseasrcher on African Affrias.

• Reporter / Journalist

Tamara Dawit merges arts and social justice together through her projects. For ten years she led the 411 Initiative For Change, an arts organization for which she produced multi arts presentations that toured to over 500,000 young people across Canada. Tamara has extensive experience working in the music industry both in North America and Ethiopia. Tamara produced the documentaries Forgotten Children (2007, EOne) and Girls of Latitude(2008, MTV/CTV) and she produced and directed Grandma Knows Best? (2014, Bravofactual/Planet Africa/Globe&Mail), a short documentary exploring the thirty-year friendship between her two grandmothers. Finding Sally (CBC) is her first feature documentary. Tamara has been selected to participate in the following programs: Durban Talent Lab (2016), Berlin Talent Lab (2015), and Reel World Lab at the Toronto International Film Festival (2014). Tamara is of Ethiopian, Eritrean, Ukrainian and British ancestry. Tamara is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where she splits her time between working on interactive productions, music and film projects.

• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• Creative Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Michele Spatari is a documentary photographer and videographer based between Johannesburg and Barcelona. His documentary practice has been shaped by his architectural background and it is focused on the study of bodies and space: how politics, religions and social rituals shape contemporary societies. His first long-term project Rising Water about public showers and housing crisis in Turin won the 2018 Canon Italy Young Photographer Award - Multimedia and has been exhibited at Cortona On The Move Festival, Geopolis - Centre du Photojournalisme, Lumix Festival, among others. In 2019, he has been selected by Canon as the Italian representative in Visions from Europe, an artistic residency for Matera European Capital of Culture 2019. In 2020, Michele has been assigned a grant by Cortona On The Move Festival to document the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa: the final project has been exhibited internationally and it has won the 1st Prize at the 2021 WARS Photography Award. In 2021, he has been chosen as one of the few under 30 to join the Canon Ambassador Program. At the beginning of 2022, he produced and shot a short documentary on a Spanish dial a poem emergency initiative that is reshaping the meaning of experiencing art into a weirdly intimate practice. Since 2019, he is one of the main contributors in Southern Africa for AFP – Agence France-Presse. His work has been featured on various international media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Le Monde, Libération, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, El País, Internazionale, amidst others. Michele has also worked for UNICEF, FAO, WWF - Word Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace, European Commission, FIFA, FactStory, AFP Services. As a videographer, DP or camera assistant he has worked with CNN, Vice News, FIFA, African Development Bank, AFPTV, VOA, and more.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

Joshua Smith is a filmmaker and photographer currently based in Ethiopia. He specializes in video production and photograghy for NGOs and publications. Between assignments he is working on long term projects in the Somali region and began a feature length documentary on modern Somali poetry. Joshua is the Multimedia Director of Ayaana Media + Publishing, an Ethiopian based company. Since 2012, we have focused our work on two main passions: the beauty of Ethiopia and local languages. We have over 10 years experience in film, photography, design, translation, online and physical publications in Somali, Oromo and English. With a diverse staff of local and international media experts, we partner with the local community and our clients to tell stories that value culture, educate and inspire.

• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Sound Designer
• Transcriber
• Fixer

Melkamu Haile, a filmmaker and a screen writer with a passion for storytelling. Melkamu Haile has been in the film industry for number of years and has worked on a variety of projects, including commercials, television series, and short films. Overall, Melkamu Haile is a dedicated filmmaker & screenwriter who is passionate about his craft. He is always looking for new and exciting projects to work on and is committed to creating stories that entertain, inspire, and move audiences. He understand the importance of working closely with directors, producers, and other members of the creative team to bring a project to life. He is open to feedback and always willing to make changes to their scripts in order to improve the final product.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Production Company
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

Zacharias Abubeker is a photographer and videographer currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He obtained a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art in Photography from Columbia College Chicago. During his time in Ethiopia he has worked on various photography and video projects for many different organizations ranging from NGOs to print journalism. Some of his clients include: Amnesty International, Mercy Corps, Save the Children International, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, The Global Fund, Results UK, and UNICEF. He also is currently a stringer for Agence France-Presse, a global news wire service, working as a photographer and videographer doing stories ranging from features to breaking news.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Drone Operator

Fanuel Leul is a digital artist and who currently lives and works in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa. In his artwork, traditional elements are brought to life with contrasting and harmonious compositions of futuristic technology. He would say his distinctive personal style has an Afrofuturistic theme that emanates joy and peace, a way that most of Africa is currently not depicted. Even though Fanuel Leul has a BFA from Alle School of Fine Arts in Industrial Design and Fine Art, he considers himself a self-taught artist. He has been creating digital artwork for five years now, honing his theme and skills throughout the years. His vision is to re-awaken and inspire other African artists so that they get to tell their stories in their own way.

• Illustrator
• Graphic Designer
• Storyboard Artist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Colorist
• Art Director
• Creative Director

I am self-taught filmmaker born and raised in Addis Ababa. My background was computer science, which introduced me to the world of graphics design, computer animation and game development. After years of jumping around, I found my passion in story-telling and teaching. I have worked on hundreds of television commercials, a dozen documentaries, a couple of TV Shows and 5 feature films. In the past 17 years I wore many hats as an animator, drone pilot, director, editor, graphic designer, instructor, interior designer, photographer, producer, software developer, visual effects supervisor, web developer and a writer.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer