Ethiopia’s digital economy to contribute 1.3 trillion Birr to GDP
Ethiopia’s digital economy could add over ETB 1.3 trillion to GDP by 2028, according to the GSMA’s new…
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New digitization initiative set to benefit Ethiopian youth
A new, two-year USD 2.7 million (€2.4 million) initiative aimed to empower Ethiopian youth through technology and digitized…
Ethiopia issues mobile money license to Safaricom
Ethiopia has issued Kenya’s telecom giant Safaricom a license to operate mobile money services, the first foreign firm…
Africa telecom meeting to link business leaders, policymakers
GSMA MWC Africa is set to link a variety of industry sectors, business leaders and policymakers with the…
Safaricom set to commence mobile money in Ethiopia
Safaricom Ethiopia PLC, the first private telecom operator in Ethiopia has got green light from the Government to…
Ethiopia set to launch 5G Internet
Ethio Telecom, the fully state-owned company is set to launch 5G internet services in Ethiopia next week.
Ethiopia Electric Utility, Safaricom ink electric poles leasing agreement
Ethiopia Electric Utility (EEU), the state agency in charge of selling energy, today inked concrete pole leasing agreement…
Ethiopia postpones privatization of Ethio Telecom
The Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia said it has decided to postpone it plan of partial privatization of…
Safaricom, Great Ethiopian Run partner for women 5km
Great Ethiopian Run race organizers have announced that Safaricom Telecommunication Ethiopia Plc has taken on the title sponsorship…
Safaricom Ethiopia provides updates on its operations
The Chief Executive Officer Safaricom PLC, Mr. Peter Ndegwa, and his team met with Ahmed Shide, Minister of…
Safaricom CEO meets Ethiopian official
Safaricom Ethiopia PLC CEO, Anwar Soussa today meets with Ethiopia’s State Minister of Finance Dr. Eyob Tekalign.
Liberalizing telecom in Ethiopia positively impacts all economy, PM says
The introduction of competition as a result of the opening up of the telecom sector is expected to…
Global Partnership for Ethiopia welcomes telecom license award
An international consortium named the Global Partnership for Ethiopia has been awarded a license to operate telecom services…
Global Partnership for Ethiopia secures telecom license
The Council of Minister of Ethiopia today announced accepting the $850 million license fee offer of Global Partnership…
Ethiopia attracts 12 major telecom operators for two licenses
Following the launching of Expression of Interest process for the issuance of two new full-service telecommunication licenses in…
African digital economy meeting opens in Addis Ababa
Trade and technology experts from across Africa today met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the first session of…
Ethiopian telecom regulators meet global investors
The recently established Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) today host a consultation meeting on Ethiopian telecommunication reform process and…
Over 150 Kenyan businesses storm Addis Ababa
Led by President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, over 150 CEOs of major Kenyan companies arrive at Addis Ababa,…
Growth opportunities for African telecoms operators
By Mariam Abdullahi- While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018,…