Vodacom to seek Ethiopian licence via Safaricom
Consultation with interested bidders will go ahead this week, says privatisation minister
22 November 2020 - 18:13
As Vodacom, SA’s largest mobile network operator, continues to look for ways to grow its business beyond the country’s borders, it says it will take a 5% stake in a consortium bidding for a telecoms licence in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populated country.
Ethiopia has started a process for bids for two new licences to compete with Ethio Telecom, the monopoly player with about 45-million subscribers...
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