Internet access was cut across Ethiopia on Tuesday amid national protests over the shooting death of singer and activist Hachalu Hundessa.Hachalu, a prominent figure in the Oromo ethnic group, was shot Monday night at the Gelan Condominiums area of the capital Addis Ababa, according to state broadcaster EBC citing the Addis Ababa police commissioner, Getu...
In a bid to allow two new telecom operators join the Ethiopian telecommunications market, the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority (ECA), together with the Ministry of Finance, have received expression of interests from major telecom companies. According to a press release the ECA has sent to The Reporter, it has received 12 submissions from potential bidders, out of...
June 26, 2020 ADDIS ABABA. On May 21st, 2020, the Ministry of Finance and Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) launched Expression of Interest process for the issuance of two new full-service telecommunication licenses in Ethiopia. The prospective bidders were given one month to express their interest by submitting the requested information. In the Expression of Interest,...
In a week, the Ethiopian government will indicate the consultant retained to supervise the partial privatization of Ethio Telecom. 4 firms are in the running: Ernst & Young, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Roland Berger. KPMG which already assesses the assets of Ethio Telecom has been disqualified. At the end of September 2019, the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance,...
Still looking for growth in Africa, the Orange Group has reaffirmed its interest in Ethiopia’s telecoms market, which is widely considered to be the last major market in the world to open up. The call for expression of interest (EOI) issued by the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) at the end of May elapsed on Tuesday...
Experienced mobile money market participants have given a cautious welcome to Ethiopia’s plans to liberalize its telecommunications market, but warn that the emergence of new transaction providers is far from certain. Ethiopia is one of the three sleeping giants of the mobile money industry, according to the GSMA’s State of the Industry Report on Mobile...
AXIAN Group has become one of the African telecom operators to express interest to invest in Ethiopia. At the last week of submission of expression of interest (EOI) for telecommunications service licenses that will come to an end tomorrow mid-day a handful companies have filed their EOI. According to the information Capital obtained, AXIAN, who...
The Kenyan operator confirmed its bid at the weekend, with some suggesting that an Ethiopian licence could open a gateway to the rest of Africa
THE SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR TWO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE LICENSES IN THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
The new electronic transaction bill proposes the formation of the national Digital Economy Council, which will be tasked with advising the government on building an economy that is based on digital computing technologies.
