Branu Tegene

Branu Tegene was born in 1981 in Ethiopia

Tegene was born in Ethiopia in 1981. His father was a teacher and school principal, and his mother was a homemaker. In 1992 he came to Israel with his parents and sister, as part of the follow-up to Operation Solomon, and the family first lived in an absorption center in Arad.

He went to ORT Arad school. As a teenager he survived the Arad Festival disaster and later gave interviews about it. In the army he started in the naval officers course and then served as an officer in the Artillery Corps.

He studied law and business administration at Reichman University but did not finish the degree. During his studies he volunteered with the Tebeka association, worked at the Ethiopian Israeli channel IETV, and took a media course for Ethiopian Israelis led by Anat Saragusti.

In 2008 he joined Channel 2 news as a crime reporter. From 2016 to 2019 he co-hosted a weekly crime show with Gilad Shalmor on Radio Lelo Hafsaka. In 2020 he received the B'nai B'rith journalism prize.

He lives in Azor and supports Maccabi Haifa.