EXCLUSIVE: Opportunity within Ethiopia’s nascent Fintech and mobile payments industries
Nigerian mobile payments and financial services company Paga is competing for greater market share and company’s CEO explains why.
Tawanda Karombo
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Ukheshe, AWS team up to help African Fintechs scale quickly
Fintech firm uses its affiliation to AWS Partner Network to engage markets that demand fast and secure transactions.
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Safaricom reports bumper results as data users increase, M-Pesa advances
Telco also says Ethiopia ambitions are moving ahead as planned.
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Ethiopia: telco rivals agree to tower power share deal
Safaricom and Ethio Telecom have concluded interconnection and capacity lease agreements.
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Safaricom gains early traction in Ethiopia with strategic fibre optic deal
Latest entrant into East African country’s telecommunications industry pens agreement with state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power.
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Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia expected to invest US$8bn over next decade
Safaricom-led consortium is in negotiations with Ethio Telecom and country’s industry regulator regarding infrastructure sharing.
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Fintech firm Paga deepens investment in Ethiopia
Emerging African payments and financial services ecosystem permitted to operate a payment gateway.
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Safaricom taps VMware to construct Greenfield network in Ethiopia
VMware selected as Telco Cloud Platform partner.
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Ethiopia vows it won’t renege on mobile financial services deal
Safaricom unsure of developments after the country’s industry regulator suspended the tender process for the second telco licence in December 2021.
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Safaricom upbeat over Ethiopia despite conflict
Company announces investment target of between US$1.5bn and US$2bn.
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Ethiopia’s telecommunications hit hard by conflict
Government criticised for its handling of the crisis, with potential investors delaying commitments.
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Ethiopia, Nigeria ripe for datacentre development
Recent research reflects on growth opportunities opening up within emerging markets across Africa.
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Ethiopia confirms January 2022 date for second telco licence
Industry regulator details plans, and bid applications are scheduled to close in December 2021.