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Ethiopia is set to issue an international tender in June to license a third telecom operator. The Ethiopian Communication Authority’s (ECA) Director-General, Balcha Reba, confirmed that the Authority was finalizing preparations to award the license. Balcha noted that promotional activities had been carried out to attract companies to explore opportunities in Ethiopia, and the introduction of various incentives and the revision of investment laws had increased investor interest.

Jerome Henique, the CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa, met with Eyob Tekalign, the State Minister of Finance, to discuss investment opportunities in the telecom sector and potential collaboration.

The House of Peoples’ Representatives has ratified the draft Digital Identity Proclamation with a view to establishing a uniform and reliable identity registration system which will be applied across the country. The proclamation was given a go ahead by the Council of Ministers and referred to the Parliament in August last year.

Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr developed into Telebirr superApp which enables its customers to get access to various services including e-commerce, biometric authentication, food delivery, entertainment, utility bill payments, and transportation.

Ashewa Technology Solutions S.C. announced that it opened a branch in Nairobi, Kenya. The opening of the branch is expected to help in the development of eCommerce and digital market between the two countries.

The African Electronic Trade Group, a multi-stakeholder group which works to implement e-empowerments with a view to developing electronic trade in Africa, is negotiating with the Ethiopian Government to open its East Africa Headquarters in Addis Ababa.

As a parent, I’m used to seeing my children glued to screens of various sizes, talking to their friends, playing games, and learning in an increasingly digital world.

The internet offers up a world of opportunity, but it isn’t without risk. As more children and young people get online, it’s important that we’re skilled up on how to keep them safe.

Last year, a groundbreaking report called ‘Disrupting Harm’ played a key role in helping us understand the online risks facing children in Ethiopia.

The UNICEF-supported research found that young people were engaging in a number of risky online activities including sending personal information – such as full name, address, or phone number – to someone online whom they have never met in person, meeting in person someone whom they first knew online but was unknown to them in the offline world, and sending a sexual image or video of themselves to someone on the internet.

Ethiopia concluded a US$700 million contract with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

The agreement will see the number of subscribers to 56 million with the expansion and upgrade of Ethiopia's mobile phone infrastructure. Huawei will also set up high-speed 4G broadband network capability in the capital Addis Ababa and 3G service throughout Ethiopia. Add a comment Add a comment

The ICT Center of Excellence and the Ministry of Communication and Technology launched the annual ICT Ethiopia competition on Thursday May 30, 2013 at Hilton Hotel.

"We are pleased to launch this competition, which we believe will help us achieve our goal of positioning the country at the forefront of development in ICT" Debretsion Gebremichael.

Cyber Security Africa, a UK based company, in partnership with other Industry stakeholders is organizing the Ethiopia Banking and ICT Summit. The event will be held on August 2nd, 2013 at the Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

The one day summit is designed to highlight the key Investment opportunities especially in the ICT Sector. The event is said to help all players in all sectors of business to interact with  both Public and Private sectors, Government officials, international organizations and other local business leader to discuss and identify the technical, environmental and business opportunities. Add a comment Add a comment