Anwar Soussa, Managing Director of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC, with Safaricom Ethiopia Chairperson Michael Joseph, Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa, and Vodacom group CEO Shameel Joosub, hold Safaricom sim-cards during the Safaricom Ethiopia service launch in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Kenya's Safaricom launched its mobile network in Ethiopia on Thursday, becoming the first private operator in one of Africa's largest telecoms markets.
State-owned Ethio Telecom has until now enjoyed a monopoly in Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country with an estimated 118 million people.
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