Safaricom has borrowed $138 million (Sh17.8 billion) from Standard Bank to fund the expansion of its subsidiary in Ethiopia.

The Oromia Science and Technology Authority has announced a significant milestone in the national push toward a Digital ...

Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, says it has partnered with Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecommunications provider, to provide funding of US$138 million as part of investment towards ...

M-Pesa competes with Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr, launched in 2021 and now offering savings and micro-credit services. Telebirr ...

Ethiopia’s leader loves big projects. With a contentious megadam completed on the Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release journalist Eyob Shimelis, who has been in detention since December 1 on accusations of spreading false ...

Ethio Telecom has blocked mobile data access to the new M-Pesa Lehulum app in Ethiopia, raising concerns over fairness and ...

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Alvaro Piris, visited Addis Ababa from October 30 – ...

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and the Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR) have signed a five-year technical consultancy agreement, effective from ...

Cameroon’s state operator has finalized a three-year partnership with Ethio Telecom to boost digital payments, modernize networks and prepare the launch of Blue Money in 2026. But the move tests ...

Ethiopia 's prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa's largest ...

The Ministry of Labor and Skills announced that Ethiopia's ambitious five million Ethio-Coders initiative is dramatically ...