TELE FOR GERD

Firehiwot Tamiru (right), CEO of Ethio telecom, joined Aregawi Berhe (PhD) (centre), head of the Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation to the Construction of GERD, and Ashebeir Balcha, executive officer of the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP).


TELE FOR GERD

Firehiwot Tamiru (right), CEO of Ethio telecom, joined Aregawi Berhe (PhD) (centre), head of the Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation to the Construction of GERD, and Ashebeir Balcha, executive officer of the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), for a fundraising handover ceremony at the Hyatt Regency on April 22, 2021. Over 122 million Br was raised through a short code number by Ethio telecom. This was the third round with the first two, between 2014 and 2016, having garnered a combined 130 million Br.

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