Vodacom’s Anwar Soussa named head of Global Partnership for Ethiopia
The partnership aims to start operations in Ethiopia as early as 2022.
US International Development Finance Corporation receives waiver for Global Partnership for Ethiopia
Funding from the USIDFC was expected to be halted due to US government sanctions on Ethiopian officials and economic activities.
Global Partnership for Ethiopia wins bid for one of Ethiopia’s telecom licenses
The consortium offered up USD 850 million for the license fee and USD 8.5 billion in investments.
Bidding for the two telecom licenses that the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority is providing closed today
There are only two effective bidders given that Vodafone, Vodacom, CDC Group, Safaricom, and Sumitomo Corporation submitted a joint application with MTN submitting the other application.