Following the launching of Expression of Interest process for the issuance of two new full-service telecommunication licenses in Ethiopia, 12 major telecom operators have shown interest.
Trade and technology experts from across Africa today met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the first session of the committee on private sector, regional integration, trade, infrastructure, industry and technology organized by a UN agency.
Following Ethiopian Government decision to liberalize its telecom market by partly privatizing the state owned telecom service provider – Ethio Telecom, South Africa based TMT Finance forecasts a record high growth in telecom investment in Africa in 2019.
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, today announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability).