Both of Ethiopia’s operators – Ethio Telecom and Safaricom – have announced tariff rises, citing current macroeconomic conditions as the main reason, alongside increased investment requirements for ...

ADDIS ABABA, June 14 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Monday launched a tendering process for the proposed sell-off of a 40% stake in state-owned carrier Ethio Telecom to private investors, part of the ...

The Ethiopian government on Wednesday relaunched the partial privatisation of state-owned operator Ethio Telecom and began putting out feelers to grant a third telecoms licence. The Barron's news ...

ADDIS ABABA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the weeks since Ethiopia announced sweeping privatization plans after decades of state control, foreign businessmen have been beating a path to Belachew Mekuria ...

Telecom, media and tech investment and consolidation activity in Africa is predicted to reach a record high for 2019 as a number of significant deals including the opening up of Ethiopia’s telecom ...

Orange, with a revenue of over $40bn in 2022, still intends to add Ethiopia to its portfolio by injecting a minority stake into an operator it knows intimately, a well-informed source tells The Africa ...

Ethiopia suspended the sale of a minority stake in the state-owned telecommunications company, a plan that had attracted interest from investors including Orange SA. “Given the recent developments and ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. In a high-level meeting, Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru and Mark ...