October 2 , 2021
The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has set January 2022 as the deadline to issue a second telecom operator's license. Last week, the Authority issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) from prospective investors interested in acquiring the license, dubbed "License B." Bidders are expected submit their proposals by December 20, 2021, should they have an interest to invest in the telecom industry of Africa's second most populous country. In contrary to the restriction in place when the tender to award the first telecom license was floated, mobile banking services will be open to the winning bidder this time. The last tender saw two bidders, MTN and the Safaricom-led consortium, though officials had hoped more investors would show interest. The Safaricom consortium is gearing up to launch operations in 2022 after successfully acquiring a license for 850 million dollars earlier this year.
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Against my will, I have witnessed the most terrible defeat of reason and the most sa...
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Leaders of the warring parties in Ethiopia`s year-old militarised conflict may think...
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) stood to attention last week and saluted the high mil...
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Against my will, I have witnessed the most terrible defeat of reason and the most sa...
November 13 , 2021
Plans and reality do not always gel. They rarely do in a fast-moving world. Every act...
October 16 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI
Residing in a country with no capital market, an organised marketplace for trading se...
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The streets of Addis Abeba are as varied as they are many, although too many of them have yet to be named. From the narrow alleyways of the...
