Tag: Safaricom Ethiopia
Wim Vanhelleputte: A Brief Profile on Safaricom Ethiopia’s New CEO
On the 4th of September, Wim Vanhelleputte began work as the second CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia. He took over after the departure of the...
Safaricom Ethiopia Finalizes Investment Funding from the World Bank Group
Safaricom Ethiopia has finalized a transaction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), members of the World Bank Group...
Anwar Soussa, First CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia is Leaving
Safaricom PLC have released a statement announcing the departure of Anwar Soussa.
Anwar Soussa has been with the telco since April 2021. He has served...
Safaricom Investor Briefing: 8 Key Takeaways
Safaricom held its investor briefing at the Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House. As they released the Full Year 2022/2023 results the company struck a...
Safaricom Ethiopia Obtains M-PESA License, Launch in ‘Weeks’
Safaricom Ethiopia through its newly established and wholly owned subsidiary, Safaricom M-PESA Mobile Financial Services PLC (Private Limited Company) received the Payment Instrument Issuer...
Safaricom Ethiopia Five-Month Report Card
Sometime last week, telco Safaricom hosted its first-ever investor day event with the aim of updating its stakeholders on the company's journey to becoming...
Safaricom Ethiopia’s Expansion Exceeds Expectations with 4 Cities Shy of March 2023 Target
Safaricom services in Ethiopia are a done deal, and most of the work has been completed over the course of 2022. While commercial launch...
Safaricom Ethiopia Firsthand Experience: Great Customer Care Support and More
Ethiopia has been top of mind in my annual predictions for years, and so when I had the chance to go to Addis, I...
Safaricom Makes Great Strides in Ethiopia with More Than 1M Customers, 561 Network Sites
The Safaricom Ethiopia story started a long time ago. The Ethiopia bid was a tough one and involved a lot of telecom companies, but...
Ethiopia Eyes Third Telco Launch as Ethio Telecom Announces Plans for Partial Privatization
The telco market in Ethiopia has been receiving a lot of interest in the recent past. With a population of over 120 million, the...
M-PESA Goes to Ethiopia to Compete with Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr
Safaricom Ethiopia is now officially open, following an event that was attended by Kenya’s President William Ruto, among others including Safaricom Kenya CEO Peter...
Safaricom Ethiopia Goes Live Officially, Now Available in 11 Cities
The road to launching services in Ethiopia has been long for Safaricom. After lots of bidding and going through multiple regulatory approvals, Safaricom was...
Safaricom is Now Live in Three Ethiopian Cities
Safaricom services have since gone live in Ethiopia. The launch, which is still in its pilot phase, comes more than one year after Safaricom,...
Safaricom Launch in Ethiopia Expands to New City
This week, Safaricom kicked off operations in Ethiopia.
The operations, which start as a pilot for residents in the city of Dire Dawa, are laying...
Safaricom is Now Live in Ethiopia, Finally
Safaricom, among its partners (Vodacom Group, Sumitomo Corporation, and CDC Group all named Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE)), acquired operating license for the lucrative Ethiopian market...
Tracking the Delayed Safaricom Commercial Launch in Ethiopia
Safaricom Ethiopia has been official for an extended period, but entry to the country was not easy.
Specifically, Safaricom, among its partners (Vodacom Group, Sumitomo...
Ethio Telecoms Pilots 5G Ahead of Safaricom Ethiopia
Safaricom Ethiopia has since started operations, following years of lobbying in the country that cost it USD 850 million. When the deal was sealed,...
Ethiopia Makes Way For M-PESA, Foreign Mobile Money Products In New Draft Bill
Safaricom has since entered the Ethiopian market after years of lobbying that cost USD 850 million.
Its entry into the country means that the telco...
Safaricom is Building a $100 Million Data Centre in Ethiopia
Safaricom operations in Ethiopia have since started following years of lobbying and waiting for approvals from various state agencies in the country.
It makes sense...
Kenyans Among Many Nationals Appointed to Serve Safaricom Ethiopia’s Executive Team
Safaricom is officially in Ethiopia.
While it is far from rolling out products and services to the country’s more than 110 million people, the operator...
Safaricom Ethiopia Starts Hiring Ahead of Commercial Launch
By now, we are aware that Safaricom is in Ethiopia. The telco is insanely popular locally and has exported its success to other parts...
