Ethiopia: Three-in-One

"The devil is in the details" explained Debretsion Gebremikael, PhD, , Minister of Communications and Information Technology, explaining the long and ardous process of setting up a Unified Billing System (UBS), whereby customers can pay their electric, water and telephone bills at one centre.

Two years later than initially planned, the system was finally launched at the Sheraton on Thursday, January 17, 2012. Starting from February, 31 centers dubbed Lehulu, translated as 'for all' will be giving UBS service to 1.1 million bill paying customers.

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