New regulation forces Ethio telecom and Safaricom to contribute 1.5% of revenue to the Universal Access Fund. Can 2.5 billion Birr yearly bridge Ethiopia’s digital divide?

NAIROBI, July 28 (Reuters) - Ethiopian state-owned Ethio Telecom expects its total revenue to rise 19% in its 2023/24 (July-June)financial year and forecasts a 29% rise in the number of customers on ...

Addis Ababa, February 20, 2026 (ENA) –Ethio telecom has officially launched teleStream, a cutting-edge internet-based streaming platform poised to revolutionize Ethiopia’s media and entertainment ...

Ethio Telecom has introduced teleSign, a digital signature platform designed to enable secure online identity verification ...

Ethiopia has reached a new milestone in its digital transformation with the launch of teleSign, a digital signature to boost ...

Ethiopian government institutions are spearheading a state-driven push for electric mobility through large-scale investments in electric vehicle (EV) charging station networks, especially amid a fuel ...

Addis Ababa, February 12, 2025 (ENA) -- Ethio telecom announced that it has generated 61.9 billion birr in the first half of the 2016/17 Ethiopian Fiscal Year. Ethio telecom's CEO, Frehiwot Tamiru, ...

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's government is discussing selling 10% of state-owned telecoms company Ethio Telecom via a local stock exchange that is being launched this year, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ...

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Ethiopian state-owned telecoms firm Ethio Telecom recorded half-year revenue of 61.9 billion birr ($491.57 million), up more than 40% on the same period a year earlier, ...

The telco, which serves over 70 million subscribers, confirmed it is initially offering 5G via 145 sites that have been deployed in the capital. This follows the pre-commercial 5G mobile broadband ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Ethiopian state-owned telecoms company Ethio Telecom on Tuesday posted a 14% rise in half-year profit helped by growth in its mobile phone-based financial service ...

The search for a major new investor in Ethio Telecom may resume once the state-owned enterprise is listed on Ethiopia’s forthcoming stock exchange, Brook Taye, CEO of the Ethiopian Investment Holding ...