Kenya’s Safaricom launches in Ethiopia, Kenya’s Safaricom on Thursday became the first private telecommunications operator in Ethiopia and also announced a deal for a mobile money service in Africa’s second most populous country.
Safaricom’s entry into Ethiopia ends a monopoly under state-owned Ethio Telecom in the tightly-controlled country of more than 110 million people. Kenya’s Safaricom launches in Ethiopia, Safaricom switched on its network and services in the capital Addis Ababa following successful trials in 10 other cities, Kenya’s Safaricom launches in Ethiopia, the Kenyan telecoms giant said in a statement. The Ethiopian government had announced plans last year to end the state monopoly in the telecoms sector, a key plank of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s economic reform agenda. The Safaricom network will offer 4G data, voice and SMS services between Safaricom Ethiopia and Ethio Telecom customers, it added. “The national network rollout will continue to reach 14 additional cities by April 2023.”
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