Ethio Telecom has already come to blows with newcomer Safaricom, alleging that the operator has damaged its infrastructure. The incumbent telco is so outraged at Safaricom, that it has threatened ...

Mulatu Astatke experienced his musical conversion as a teenager while supposedly studying engineering abroad, mastering piano, vibraphone and Latin percussion in London, Boston and New York. After he ...

Ethiopian telco Ethio Telecom has announced the final plan for its copper switch-off initiative. The carrier revealed plans to transfer the remaining 100,000 customers on its copper network over to ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), his office announced, describing the move as a "major step toward modernizing the country's financial sector." ...

It is bold indeed for any jazz artist to evoke Miles Davis' landmark album Sketches of Spain. But Mulatu Astatke, like Miles, is a true original. The music Astatke first imagined 40 years ago sounds ...

Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamiru told a press conference in late July that the telecoms company’s revenues had grown significantly, in large part due to network expansion and a 5.8% increase in its ...

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Ethiopian state-owned telecoms firm Ethio Telecom recorded half-year revenue of 61.9 billion birr ($491.57 million), up more than 40% on the same period a year earlier, ...

The Ethiopian incumbent has been embroiled in the privatisation process for years, making the sale of an initial 10% stake something of a landmark. However, there has been some misinformation in the ...

TO WESTERN EARS, the music seems both foreign and familiar. Its mood stretches from sultry and haunting to upbeat and vibrant. Soulful Western undertones are audible, yet the overall impression is ...

NEW YORK & ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--African Asset Finance Company Inc. (“AAFC”), a U.S.-based non-bank financial and equipment leasing firm, today announced the appointment of Fregenet ...