The competition was a bit harder than the Ethiopian spelling bee but again, I was proud to be joint second place (with Kenya), representing my country Ethiopia.

First I would like to thank the African Spelling Bee Team for the opportunity that you had given us, Monash SA Students, to be Mentors to such impeccable African Spelling bee finalists or rather amazing children.

It was great meeting new friends and visiting interesting sites in Jo’burg for example we visited Mandela’s Children Fund, Soweto, Monash South Africa which was one of the amazing universities in South Africa.

Overall, it was a thrilling experience being part of the first 27 and the experience of the Spelling Bee was awesome as it was a big achievement to have been part of the first 4 on the first ever African Spelling Bee.

The AFRICAN SPELLING BEE was an amazing opportunity for me to meet new people and learn different languages like Shona, Amharic, Amarinya and Denisk ( Dennish).