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By Amanuel Kindeya Ethio Telecom’s second-year operational plan calls for distributing up to 2.6 million smart devices, including more than one million subsidised znexus smartphones, a target that would require the state-owned operator to more than double the pace of handset distribution it sustained over the past nine months. The company distributed...
BBC Amharic
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Ethio Telecom’s mobile money platform telebirr processed four trillion birr in transactions during the first year of the company’s three-year “Next Horizon: Digital & Beyond 2028” strategy, a volume equivalent to 22 percent of Ethiopia’s 2025/26 fiscal year’s gross domestic product, according to figures presented by the state-owned operator. The company is...
BBC Amharic
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Ethiopian Insurance Corporation reported a 40 percent increase in total revenue to 18.6 billion birr in the fiscal year ended July, with the state-owned insurer raising its share of the domestic insurance market to 34.5 percent. The revenue figure represented 98 percent of the corporation’s annual target, according to its latest annual report. Its...
BBC Amharic
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President William Ruto has ordered foreign nationals operating small shops, street stalls and hawking businesses across Kenya to close by Monday, September 7, marking one of the most aggressive protectionist moves of his presidency. Speaking on September 2 to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise traders at State House in Nairobi, Ruto said petty trade...
BBC Amharic
BBC Amharic
ባለፉት ሁለት ሳምንታት በምዕራብ ኢትዮጵያ፣ ኦሮሚያ ክልል ምሥራቅ ወለጋ ዞን ጊዳ አያና ወረዳ ውስጥ በተፈጸሙ ጥቃቶች በርካታ ነዋሪዎች መገደላቸውን፣ መፈናቀላቸውን እና ንብረት መውደሙ እየተነገረ ነው። ከእነዚህ ጥቃቶች ጋር የፋኖ፣ የኦሮሞ ነጻነት ሠራዊት ታጣቂዎች እና የክልሉ የፀጥታ ኃይሎች ስማቸው በተደጋጋሚ ይነሳል። ቢቢሲ ከሚመለከታቸው የመንግሥት አካላት ምላሽ ባያገኝም ስለክስተቶቹ ነዋሪዎችን፣ የዐይን እማኞችን እና የጥቃቱ ሰለባ ቤሰቦችን አነጋግሯል።
