Congratulations on the 130th Anniversary of the Victory of Adwa! The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) proudly extends its warm congratulations on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the historic Victory of Adwa. The Victory of Adwa stands as the foundation of freedom for Ethiopians and a powerful symbol of dignity and identity for Black peoples around the world. On this occasion, KIA expresses its heartfelt joy and conveys its wishes of peace and congratulations to

“The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) is an institution founded with a bright vision to solve the development challenges of the Konso community through research based approaches and to elevate the community to a better level,” said Honorable Mr. Fikru Birhanu, Chief Administrator of Kolme Woreda. The Konso Intellectuals Association, in collaboration with the Kolme Woreda Administration Office, has begun providing a two day training program for the woreda’s civil servants

The Konso Intellectuals Association (KIA) has begun providing training for public servants of the Karat City Administration on various topics. In collaboration with the Konso Zone Administration Office, the Konso Intellectuals Association previously delivered a two-day training for public servants of the Konso Zone in October 2025 (about four months ago). After making preparations to extend this training to all districts (woredas) in the zone and to the Karat City Administrat

ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ልማት የሚመጣው ጠንክሮ በመስራት ብቻ ቢሆን ኖሮ፣ በዓለም ደረጃ በታታሪነቱ የሚታወቀው እና የታታሪነት ተምሳሌት የሆነው የኮንሶ ህዝብ ከማንኛውም አካባቢ በላይ ወይም ባላነሰ በራሱ አካባቢ ልማት ማረጋገጥ በቻለ ነበር። ነገር ግን እውነቱ ይህ አይደለም፤ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የተስፋፋው ኢ-ፍትሐዊነት፣ ያልተመጣጠነ የሀብት ክፍፍል እና በየደረጃው ባለው የመንግስት የስልጣን መዋቅሮች ውስጥ ያለው የጥቅም ሰንሰለት በልማት ሂደት ላይ ከፍተኛ ተጽዕኖ ያሳድራል። በመሆኑም ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ልማት የሚገኘው በስራ ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ 👉የህዝብን ጥቅም የሚወክሉና የሚያስከብሩ አመራሮችን በየደረጃው በመገንባት፣ 👉ከሌሎች አጋሮች ጋር የህዝብ ጥቅምን ያማከለ ዲፕሎማሲ በመስራት፣ 👉በመንግስታዊ ቢሮክራሲ ውስጥ ጠንካራ የተያያዘ መዋቅር (institutional n

The Konso Intellectual Association, Yabello and Surrounding Areas Branch, conducted an awareness creation program for Konso Intellectuals living in the Teltele area. The awareness creation program was held yesterday, on February 15, 2026., in Kulcha town in a vibrant and well-organized manner. The Teltele Woreda Kulcha Town Administration Head, Engineer Barile Bayashe, attended the event and delivered a welcoming message. Following this, the Vice Chairperson of the Yabello an

The Konso Intellectual Association, Yabello and Surrounding Areas Branch, conducted an awareness creation program for Konso Intellectuals living in the Teltele area. The awareness creation program was held yesterday, on February 15, 2026., in Kulcha town in a vibrant and well-organized manner. The Teltele Woreda Administration Head, Engineer Barile Bayashe, attended the event and delivered a welcoming message. Following this, the Vice Chairperson of the Yabello and Surroundin

Yesterday, the intellectuals of Sorobo Kebele held a successful discussion focused on peace, unity, development, and good governance for the people of the Kebele. During the meeting, coordinators of the Kebele scholars were officially elected. Recognizing the vital role of intellectuals in fostering a peaceful, transformed, and prosperous Konso society, the Konso Intellectual Association expressed their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the community’s efforts to stren

In the presence of the senior leadership of the Konso Intellectual Association—Association Chairperson Mr. Gumachew Kuse, Board Chair Dr. Amanuel Kusia, and General Manager Mr. Basire Balcha—a discussion was held yesterday at the Association’s head office with leaders at various levels and Addis Ababa branch coordinators based in Addis Ababa. The discussion focused on the Association’s overall work activities. The leaders held an in-depth discussion on the Association’s six-m

At its second regular meeting held on January 02, 2026, the Executive Board of the Ethiopian Public Service University appointed Dr. Amanuel Kusia, Chairman of the Konso Intellectual Association Board, as Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Amanuel Kusia has been a dedicated and tireless leader in the reform process that transformed the Ethiopian Civil Service University into a Public Service University. His unwavering commitment and round-the-clock efforts make hi

The KIA Scholarship Group has officially launched. KIA scholarship team had officially started its work by holding the first emergency meeting on the Internet today December 06/2025.The group announced that it will coordinate its members in different countries to start the process of the scholarship project and develop it in the future. Dr. Ayano Hirbo, chairman of the group, informed that the main purpose of the meeting was to "assess the status of the project, redistribute

Inkolladey maanan samayta koda'? The 3rd Regular General Assembly of the Konso Intellectual Association, was held for two consecutive days in Karat City, Konso Zone, with the motto, "Inkolladey maanan samayta koda'?" from September 5-6/2025. This 3rd Regular General Assembly of the Konso Intellectual Association, was held under the leadership of the association's General manager, Basire Balcha, and the 2017 E.C financial year Annual report of the association was presented

የታታሪነት ተምሳለቶች የኢትዮጵያ ኩራት የሆኑት የእርከን ጥበብ ባለቤቶቹ ኮንሶዎች አዲስ ለአዲስ የወንዝ ዳርቻ ልማት ፕሮጀክትን የሀገራችን መዲና እና የአፍሪካ ህብረት መቀመጫ በሆነቺው በአዲስ አበባ ከተማን ጉለሌ...

ከኮንሶ_ምሁራን_ማህበር_የተሰጠ_መግለጫ የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር "ሰላማዊ፣ የተለወጠና የበለፀገ የኮንሶ ማህበረሰብን ማየት" የሚል ራዕይ አንግቦ በአዋጅ ቁጥር 1113/2011 መሰረት ግንቦት 21 ቀን 2015 ዓ.ም...

የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር (KIA) ከኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ ሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ድርጅቶች ባለስልጣን የፕሮጀክተር እና የካዝና (safe box) ድጋፍ ተበረከተለት። የኮንሶ ምሁራን ማህበር "ሰላማዊ፣ የተለወጠና የበለፀገ የኮንሶ...

በኮንሶ ምሁራን አዘጋጅነት በአፋ ኾንሶ መማር ማስተማር ዙሪያ የሚያጋጥሙ የአመለካከትና ተያያዥ ችግሮች ዙሪያ የማህበሩና የዞኑ ከፍተኛ አመራሮች በተገኙበት በበይነመረብ ውይይት ተካሂዷል። በውይይቱ ላይ መነሻ ሀሳብ...

በእናት ቋንቋ በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ት/ቤቶች መምርና ማስተማር ጥቅምና ጉዳት አለዉ፡፡ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ት/ቤት ተማሪዎችን በእናት ቋንቋቸው መምርና ማስተማር ጥቅሞች፡- 1. በተሻለ ሁኔታ መረዳት እና...

The Entrepreneurship and Business management Skill Training of Trainer's (TOT) being delivered to 60 KIA members for 8 consecuative days...

The Konso Intellectual's Association (KIA) has been working hard to meet it's detailed objectives of seeing a peaceful, transformed and...

It was stated that the Konso Intellectual Association is working to achieve change as expected by the society. The monthly administrative...

Statement of core values (guiding principles) KIA is a neutral, independent, and member-driven organization. KIA exists to maximize the...