The firm switched on its mobile telecommunications network and services in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, targeting to reach about 30 million people by April 2023.
President William Ruto flew to Ethiopia to witness the historic launch together with his host, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
This came after Safaricom was granted a nationwide full-service Unified Telecommunications Service Licence in the neighbouring country, to compete with Ethiopia’s state-owned Ethio Telecom.
Safaricom officially started its operations in Ethiopia on Thursday, with the Horn State granting the Kenyan telco the nod to also launch M-Pesa services in the country, marking the first actual step in the expansion of its wings into the country with a population more than double that of Kenya.
The firm switched on its mobile telecommunications network and services in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, targeting to reach about 30 million people by April 2023.
