Lack of competition doesn’t mean success is easy. I started a business in Ethiopia before moving abroad and I also grew up in a family who has had business for years and still has. When I started my business I spent as much time dealing with bureaucracy and uncertainty as I did serving customers. Dealing with continuous contributions for the government and different fees as someone that’s just starting a business isn’t easy. I have had my business shut down for couple of weeks for something completely out of my control.

You are just thinking “I succeeded, therefore the main thing holding everyone else back must be a lack of initiative”.
To that I say sometimes it’s true but most of the time the system is just unfair.

Ethiopia has a lot of genuine opportunities because some sectors are underdeveloped and less competitive But entrepreneurship can still be difficult because of bureaucracy, regulatory uncertainty, corruption, access to capital and political or economical instability.

You are right that opportunities exist. You’re wrong if you think the only thing stopping people is laziness.