Ethiopia has 100 million people who live within reach of a mobile broadband network but do not use mobile internet. That is the finding of the GSMA’s State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2026 report, which ranks Ethiopia’s usage gap as the seventh largest in the world,...

Ethiopia’s Fayda digital ID is on track to become the gateway to banking, telecom, healthcare, education, taxation and government services. The security conversation is well underway. The transparency conversation has barely started. One question deserves a clear answer: Can a...

State-owned operator Ethio Telecom posted strong annual financial and operational performance for the 2018 Ethiopian fiscal year, driven by network expansion, digital payments growth, and strategic infrastructure investments across the region. Performance Overview CEO Frehiwot...

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has released a mandatory update to its mobile banking app, version 4.2.1, that merges login credentials across Android and iOS into a single “CBE Digital Password.” Security specialists warn this is a step backward. Consolidating access...

Ethio Telecom has officially announced the launch of a trading system on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), enabling shareholders to easily transfer, sell, and buy shares. This follows the completion of its transition phases from a state-owned enterprise to a share company and...

Federal and regional governments turn to mandatory fees as state expenditures mount A new bill before federal lawmakers defines critical infrastructure as any asset whose disruption endangers the economy or national security, requiring operators to finance their own digital defence....

Ethiopia’s long-awaited national database, designed to centralize fragmented data management systems across key sectors, is expected to become operational within the next two years, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) announced during a national consultation with media leaders and...

Safaricom Ethiopia has reported a massive 130.9% year-on-year surge in service revenue, hitting ETB 15.9 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. The stellar performance, announced during the Safaricom Group’s FY26 results in Addis Ababa, highlights the telco’s rapid...

Ethio telecom announced the “successful conclusion” of talks with British International Investment (BII), the UK government’s development finance institution handling a portfolio valued at over seven billion dollars in emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean....

Experts at the Information Network Security Administration (INSA) have tabled a draft proclamation as a framework to guide efforts to curb increasingly frequent cyber threats on Ethiopia’s growing digital visibility of sensitive national data and information. The ‘Critical...