He is a full-stack developer and an artificial intelligence and robotics researcher.  With Guzo Technologies, he develops the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality, and prototyping solutions.

Daniel Getachew (photo) is the founder and CEO of Guzo Technologies. He graduated from Madaa Walabu University with a bachelor's in computer science in 2014 and from Adama Science and Technology University with a master's in software engineering. He also holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University.

His company, Guzo Technologies, born in 2019, is a computer and media services startup based in Ethiopia. It focuses on virtual and augmented reality and the Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. It uses world-class game engines and develops CGI-based virtual tours with fun content. Apart from designing, developing, and prototyping IoT products, it also develops enterprise software.

On March 30, 2023, the company was selected as one of the six winning startups in the NINIJA accelerator program, which aims to support outstanding startups that address social issues in Ethiopia. As part of the program, it will undergo a proof of concept test with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and receive four months of business development training.

The product that brought Guzo Technologies to the limelight is Guzo Maps, a virtual application that gives users the ability to interactively explore historical sites and places of interest in Ethiopia. 

The man behind these achievements, Daniel Getachew, is also known as a member of Epic Games’ Unreal Engine developer community. He is also a contributor and Basic4X community member at mobile platform development tools publisher Anywhere Software.

Between 2015 and 2017, he worked as a computer vision and robotics researcher at Adama Science and Technology University. At the same time, he was the director of the TV series Hellotech on JTV Ethiopia. He held various technical positions at Gebeya, a recruitment technology start-up, between 2017 and 2020.

Between 2020 and 2021, he was the technical director of Globetrotter VR, a virtual reality company. Then, in 2022, he was hired again by Gebeya as a cybersecurity awareness trainer.

Melchior Koba