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Engineer
Gessese Abai was born in 1934, in Adwa, Tigraye. He completed his
primary and secondary studies in Queen Sheba Primary and HSI
Secondary School consecutively. After high school he joined Telecommunications
Institute/City & Guilds of London Institute and he got his Certificate
on Radio Communication & Telecommunications, along with a two
years telecommunications practice. Afterwards he received his Bachelor
Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, from the University of
Poona, India.
In 1967, Engineer Gessese started working for the Ethiopian Telecommunications
as Operations and Maintenance Engineer. Since he performed well
on his duty for , he was promoted as Chief of Communications &
Transmitters Section. His triumph in his vocation didn’t stop
there, yet again in 1973, he was made Manager of Broadcast Branch
of Ethiopian Telecommunications. During September 1977 he was awarded
for his proficiency and keenness, a medal and a certificate for
dedicated service in the Telecommunication Authority of Ethiopia.
Beginning from September 1977, he started working at Ministry of
Information as Chief Engineer for Ethiopian Television. Engineer
Gessese was also a project co-coordinator for Radio FANA during
September 1992 – August 1993 and he contributed a great deal
with his endless hard slog.
Due to his efficiency, devotion and uphill struggle, he has participated
in different Seminars and Conferences as head delegate and, participant
and not only that but he had carried out different studies also:-
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Seminars
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• I.T.U./URTNA Seminar on broadcasting in Africa, Lagos
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• I.T.U. Seminar on the planning of broadcasting system
in Africa, Nairobi; 1993
• I.T.U. Seminar on ground wave and sky wave propagation
and measurement technique, Khartoum; 1975
• International symposium on communication and broadcasting,
Tokyo; 1982
• Advanced Technology course, Tokyo; 1983
• I.T.U. Seminar and Workshop on planning and management
of broadcasting systems, Nairobi; 1987
• Planning of broadcasting system (AFBC), Dakar; 1987 |
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Conferences
He Participated as a Delegate & Head of Delegates
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Regional administrative LF/MF Radio broadcasting conference
(first session), Geneva; 1974
• Regional administrative LF/MF Radio broadcasting conference
(Second Session), Geneva; 1975
• World Administrative Radio Conference (EARC), Geneva;
1979
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Regional Administrative Radio Conference for the planning of
VHF/UHF Television Broadcasting in the African broadcasting
area, Nairobi; 1986
• Conference for the planning of the VHF/UHF TV broadcasting
in the African area and neighboring Countries, Geneva; 1989
• I.T.U. Regional Administrative conference of the members
of the Union in the African Broadcasting area to abrogate certain
parts of the Geneva agreement 1963, Geneva; 1989
• First World Electronic Media Symposium I.T.U. Geneva;
1989
• World Administrative Radio conference for dealing with
Frequency allocation in certain parts of the spectrum, Malaga-Torremolinos;
1992 |
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(AFBC),
Dakar |
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I.T.U.
Seminar Nairobi |
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Studies
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Soil conductivity data for ground wave Radio Propagation
• Field survey and site selection for Transmitters Network
• Feasibility study of assembly plant for electronic equipment
• Radio Frequency spectrum requirement/ distribution plan
for Ethiopia
• Television Frequency spectrum requirement/ distribution
plan for Ethiopia
• Regional African Satellite communication systems (RASCOM)
feasibility study as a member of the national co-ordination
committee for a duration of twelve months |
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University
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