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Industrial Parks Development Corporation announced that it inked a memorandum of understanding with Safaricom Ethiopia to work together across industrial parks. Based on the agreement, the telecommunications company will lease 10 square meters of land in the Ethiopian Information Communication Technology (ICT) Park and invest USD 60 million. Safaricom will build a data center in the park and create jobs for 56 individuals.

The data center will mainly give services to Safaricom. Sandukan Abebe, CEO of IPDC, related that the agreement will contribute to Ethiopia’s digitalization plan.

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia started a series of customer network service trials in Dire Dawa on 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. Customers are advised that they are now able to purchase Safaricom Ethiopia’s SIM cards after choosing their phone numbers from the Safaricom line which starts with 07.

Safaricom Ethiopia officially launched its M-PESA mobile financial services today following the receipt of a Payment Instrument Issuer License from the National Bank of Ethiopia three months ago.

Saint Gabriel General Hospital, one of the private hospitals in Ethiopia, has been re-opened as of March. The hospital’s license was suspended by the Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority (FMHACA) for a couple of days.

Saint Gabriel General Hospital, one of the private hospitals in Ethiopia, has been shut down by the Addis Ababa Food, Medicine and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority.