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Kenya: Safaricom Gets Ethiopia's Nod to Start Operations
Nation, 15 July 2021
Safaricom has officially gotten a telecoms licence from Ethiopian authorities, paving the way for its consortium to begin operations in the Horn country. Read more »
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East Africa: Excise Duty On Airtime Rings Up Gloom Across EA Region
East African, 15 July 2021
Businesses and individuals within the region will have to grapple with higher costs of airtime and internet data, as governments move to enforce the new excise duty rates outlined… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Not Affected as Ethiopia Set to Close Over 30 Embassies in Austerity Measures - Sources
Capital FM, 6 July 2021
Ethiopia is set to close more than 30 embassies across the world, but Kenya will not be affected. Read more »
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Kenya: Anwar Soussa - the Man Who Will Head Safaricom's Ethiopia Unit
Nation, 5 July 2021
The Safaricom-led consortium has appointed Vodacom DRC managing director Anwar Soussa as the boss of the new telco in Ethiopia effective July 1, 2021. Read more »
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Kenya: Safaricom Unveils Its Entry Plan Into Ethiopia
Nation, 26 May 2021
Safaricom says it will start its operations in Ethiopia with telecommunication services after getting the nod to operate in the second most populous nation on the continent. Read more »
Ethiopians Say Hello To New Phone Operator Safaricom
Safaricom has officially obtained a telecoms licence from Ethiopian authorities, paving the way for its consortium to begin operations.
The Safaricom-led consortium, consisting of UK's Vodafone and CDC groups, as well as South Africa's Vodacom Group and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, that won a bid to roll out telecommunications services in Ethiopia in May 2021, has been granted a 15-year operating licence by the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) after registering a local company that will execute the contract.
With the licence, the consortium can now provide any telecommunications service including voice, text, data, and video using any technology whether fixed or wireless anywhere within Ethiopia. However, Safaricom will not roll out its mobile money service M-Pesa, writes Brian Ambani for The Nation.
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