Melkamu Tadesse Wazza (Dr.) is an assistant professor at PBT Africa College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
His educational background is in economics, project management and rural development. He is a full member of the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) professional society. He is passionate primarily about socio-economic development, emphasizing spatial concerns such as local (rural/urban) and regional development. Entrepreneurship and institutions are within the domains of his passion. Specific areas include econometric modelling, development planning, project management, program evaluation,
and project risk and feasibility analysis (with software applications).