Abnet Tessema
Financial Literacy Advocate
Personal Notes
I came to America with one dream: build a better life. Within two years, I set an ambitious goal — buy a house. I worked hard, saved diligently, but I didn’t yet understand credit, the American financial system, or how small spending decisions compound into big problems. What followed is a story hundreds of families in our community share — not from recklessness, but from optimism and a gap in financial knowledge. That experience launched my journey as a financial educator. My mission: teach 100,000 people per year — directly and through social media — to protect themselves and build lasting wealth.
Bio
Abnet A. Tessema, MBA, is an NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor℠ (CFEI), licensed insurance agent, and loan officer with over a decade of experience. He taught business and marketing at Addis Ababa University before bringing that same passion for education to the United States. Today, he reaches tens of thousands through social media, delivering practical personal finance and entrepreneurship education to immigrant communities across North America. As CEO of Maraki Group and host of AB Financial News — a daily and weekly broadcast — Abnet’s mission is simple: teach 100,000 people per year to understand money, build credit, and create generational wealth.
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