Ethio Telecom
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Why Ruto Is Personally Backing Safaricom and Ethio Telecom’s Regional Expansion Push
When William Ruto and Abiy Ahmed stood together in Addis Ababa, the moment carried more weight than the polite language…
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How Ethiopia’s Duopoly Turns Everyday Connectivity Into Something Closer to a Power Struggle
The latest round of rural towers from Ethio Telecom looked at first like a standard infrastructure update. One hundred fifty-two…
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Ethio Telecom Profit Surge Reaches $550M as Subscriber Base Grows to 83 Million
Ethio Telecom reported a pretax profit of $550 million for the fiscal year, an 80% increase from the previous period.…
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Inside the Ethiopia Mobile Duopoly: What Ethio Telecom and Safaricom’s Next Moves Mean for the Market
In Ethiopia, the mobile duopoly consists of the state-run Ethio Telecom and privately run Safaricom Ethiopia, and it is evolving…
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Why Ethio Telecom’s IPO Fell Short – A Deeper Look into Ethiopia’s Telecom Liberalization
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom IPO has attracted considerable attention, but its performance has been disappointing. It raised only $24.5 million against…
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Ethiopia Tops East Africa’s Mobile Market With 86.6m Subscriptions
Ethiopia has emerged as the largest telecom market in East Africa, with 86.6 million mobile subscriptions – representing 27.49% of…
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Ethiopia sets $150 million license fee for M-pesa entry
The telecommunications landscape in Ethiopia has largely lagged behind its neighbors, owing to strict observance of monopolistic regulations. Until Safaricom…
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Safaricom to launch M-pesa in Ethiopia after new law changes
There is a wave of transformation sweeping across the telecommunications sector in Ethiopia. It started with reforms effected by Prime…
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[Ethiopia] Ethio Telecom launches modular data center to streamline IT and network infrastructure
Ethio Telecom has launched a Tier III-ready modular data centre in Ethiopia. Powered by Huawei, the data center is located in…
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