Yohannes Yadagne
Associate Facilitator & Coach
Yohannes was born in Ethiopia, lived and studied in Canada, and has since returned to Ethiopia with his wife and three daughters. He was previously the East Africa Markets Director and Senior Facilitator for Centre for Creative Leadership.
Yohannes is also certified as a Life Coach, Speaker, and Teacher by John Maxwell- labeled the number one leadership expert in the world. Yohannes currently provides extensive leadership training for many sectors across Africa. Some examples include: private companies; large NGOs (including World Vision, Digital Green, GIZ, CDC, USAID, Catholic Relief Services, CARE); at the inter-governmental level for embassies, local government, the Program for Young African Politicians (PYPA: in Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya Ghana, and Uganda) Recently Yohannes has focused on capacity building for the Ethiopian elections, training many stakeholders including: media, civil society organizations, the Lawyers Associations, university professors, and the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE).
Yohannes is passionate about providing equal access to leadership training in marginalized areas of Africa and has used football as a means of teaching youth in under-reached areas.