Title: Ethiopia - Telecom Liberalization
Language: English
Type: Other Publications
Nature: Institution
Published: July 1, 2022
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Ethiopia
Sector: Applicable to all sectors, Telecom and ICT
Keywords: PPPs by Sector *, Information & Communication Technology PPPs **, Ethiopia, ICT
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Document Summary:
IFC advised the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) to design and tender new full-service telecom licenses and associated spectrum and, in May 2021, the country’s first competitively tendered telecommunications license was awarded to the Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) consortium.
Document Details:
Over the next decade, the private operator, now named Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, is expected to invest $8 billion dollars in the country’s telecoms network in the largest ever single foreign direct investment in Ethiopia.
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