Vodacom’s Anwar Soussa named head of Global Partnership for Ethiopia
The partnership aims to start operations in Ethiopia as early as 2022.
The partnership aims to start operations in Ethiopia as early as 2022.
The consortium offered up USD 850 million for the license fee and USD 8.5 billion in investments.
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.
Within the past month Ethio Telecom, in collaboration with Huawei, has launched 4G services in the South-South West region and in cities like Adama, Bishoftu, Awash, and others.
The extension comes after companies that are involved in the bidding process requested more time to get their bids fully in order.
Despite the stalling of the telecom liberalization process due to the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict in Tigray, telecom officials affirm that plans are in final stages of implementation.