Wogayehu Abele is a researcher in the South Agricultural Research Institute which is the regional arm of the noble Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research.

She has over a decade of experience in research with roles focusing on food security, value chain studies, environmental economics, policy economics and gender.

Wogayehu has also led the institute's Gender Research and Agricultural Economics directorate for three years. Currently she is pursuing a PhD in economics and her current study deals with the public finance policy of Ethiopia and private sector.

She is also an alumnus of YALI and belongs to national and international professional associations.