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Jemal Abafita Ababulgu (born 30 June 1974) is an Ethiopian academic. He currently serves as the President of Jimma University and holds the position of associate professor in the Department of Economics at the same institution.
Education and career
Abafita completed his Bachelor of Science in statistics from Addis Ababa University in 1994. He pursued further studies and obtained his Master of Science in economics with a specialization in Economic Policy Analysis from Addis Ababa University in 2003. He completed his doctoral studies at Kangwon National University in South Korea, where he earned his PhD in economics with a focus on Agriculture and Resource Economics in 2014.
He began his career at Jimma University in 2003, where he served as a lecturer in the Department of Economics and is currently serving as the president of Jimma University and an associate professor. He has also served as a board member of Hijra Bank for three years since its establishment in February 2020.
