Axumawit Alem Embaye (Amharic: አክሱማዊት አምባዬ; born 18 October 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres.

She ran a best of 4:09.11 minutes at the XL Galan indoors to place second and had a string of runner-up placings outdoors at the Bislett Games, Folksam Grand Prix and the KBC Night of Athletics (she set a personal best of 4:05.16 minutes at the latter event).

[3] She placed fourth in her specialist event at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships held in Portland, Oregon.

In 2022, Axumawit repeated her achievement from 2014 winning 1500m silver at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, clocking 4:02.29.

Her compatriot Tsegay led an Ethiopian medals sweep in 3:57.19 as Hirut Meshesha finished third (4:03.39).