Kidist Hailu Degaffe (born 1969) is an Ethiopian contemporary artist and women's rights activist.
Degaffe was born in 1969 in . She was educated at Addis Ababa University, graduating with a degree in English and Literature. After working in the airline industry, journalism and marketing, Degaffe became a professional painted in 2004. She moved to Switzerland in 2009.
Degaffe has exhibited internationally, with a solo show at Galerie Basta in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has also had works shown in group exhibitions, including at the Galerie Kleiner Prinz in Baden-Baden, Germany, and the Skoto Gallery in New York, United States. Her works are held in the collections of the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, and the Gallery Brulhart in Geneva, Switzerland.
She raises awareness through her painting about issues including poverty, famine, girls' early marriages and obstetric fistulas on the African continent. Her painting style is to use quick brush movements.
The National Museum of Ethiopia and the Museum of Ethnography of Geneva have each an artwork from Kidist Hailu Degaffe.