Last December, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a “homegrown” economic reform blueprint to further the ambitious initiative of making Ethiopia a middle-income country by 2025 and an “African Icon of ...

The Ethiopian government is using foreign technology to bolster its widespread telecom surveillance of opposition activists and journalists both in Ethiopia and abroad, Human Rights Watch said in a ...

Mobile telecommunications customers are riled at what they describe as poor service delivery and have demanded an immediate improvement from Ethio-Telecom and France Telecom, which took over ...

Telecoms sector once seen as key prize in liberalisation drive Regulatory environment and competition seen as concerns Ethiopia suspended process for third telecoms licence last month Safaricom ...

Ethiopian telco Ethio Telecom has announced the final plan for its copper switch-off initiative. The carrier revealed plans to transfer the remaining 100,000 customers on its copper network over to ...

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia's digital transformation is gaining momentum, driven by telecom expansion, strengthened cybersecurity, and a growing push for artificial intelligence, according to heads of key ...

NAIROBI, Kenya—Ethiopia said it plans to sell stakes in some of the country’s most prized assets after decades of state control, including telecommunications company Ethio Telecom and booming ...

State-run Ethio Telecom, expected to be partly sold off as Ethiopia liberalises its economy, reported a 12% rise in first-half revenue to end-December to 25.6 billion birr ($650 million), it said on ...

Ethiopia is opening the state-owned telecommunications company and airline to foreign investors for the first time, a move that indicates new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is more receptive to outside ...