Ethiopia puts the brakes on Ethio Telecom stake sale

The road to liberalising Ethiopia’s telecoms sector – until recently one of the last remaining telecoms monopolies in the world – has been a bumpy one. While the wider liberalisation of Ethiopia’s economy had been discussed for many years, it was Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who first set the ball rolling in earnest in June 2019, announcing plans to make two new operating licences available for foreign operators to win at auction…read more on TotalTele.com &raqu