Ethio telecom’s Telebirr received a go ahead from the National Bank of Ethiopia to launch micro credit and saving services. 
The Governor of the National Bank, Yinager Dessie (PhD), stated that the provision of these services through Telebirr would financially benefit a large number of Ethiopians. The National Bank’s decision was also given as part of the ongoing reforms to strengthen the Ethiopian digital economy.
Ethio Telecom and the Oromia Regional State’s Revenues Bureau have signed an agreement to implement a digital tax payment system through the Telebirr platform. This new system will replace the manual tax collection system, which has been causing unnecessary time and resource wastage for taxpayers.
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.
The telecom service license which was issued to the Safaricom-led consortium wins the Best Utilities Project category of the 2022 Partnership Awards which was held in the United Kingdom. 
The Awards took place on Thursday last week in London where the telecom service license was selected to be the winner among five finalists for its introduction of the private sector as part of telecoms liberalization project.
Ten local companies with a capital of over Birr 8.2 billion Birr have signed agreements with the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to operate in the industrial parks. The agreement aims to increase private sector engagement in IPDC and encourage local companies. Five of the ten companies will be engaged in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
