News Ethiopia Government: Days after pledging to expand internet, Ethiopia’s govt shuts it off
Days after Ethiopian ICT officials made public pledges to improve net access, the government began playing on-again, off-again with the internet — shutting it down (almost completely) to coincide with the country’s national exams. Data provided to TechCrunch from Oracle’s Internet Intelligence confirmed intermittent net blackouts from June 11 to 14, with connectivity returning for brief […]
News Ethiopia Government: Ethiopian Government Shuts Down The Internet To Prevent Cheating In Exams
Usually when an African government shuts down the internet, it’s because people have had enough of incompetence and have decided to take to the streets to demand good governance. They don’t usually ...
News Ethiopia Government: Ethiopian Telecoms Sector Requires 'Huge' Investments-Minister
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia could require as much as $2.2 billion (1.73 billion pounds) to modernise its creaking, overburdened telecoms sector, a senior government official told Reuters on Wednesday. "The ...
News Ethiopia Government: EXCLUSIVE-Ethiopia plans to issue telco licences by year-end -sources
Ethiopia is aiming to award telco licences to multinational mobile companies by the end of the year, ending a state monopoly and opening up one of the world's last major closed telecoms markets, three people with direct knowledge of the process said. Ethiopia's telecoms industry is considered
News Ethiopia Government: Women in Ethiopia Still Struggle Despite Leadership in Government
ADDIS ABABA, Apr 19 2019 (IPS) - Following 2018 elections in Ethiopia, a record-breaking number of women now hold leadership positions in the country’s government. But women still struggle to rise up ...
News Ethiopia Government: Ethiopia arrests government officials over corruption
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference in Addis Ababa. Reuters Ethiopia has arrested nearly 60 government officials over allegations of corruption and economic sabotage In ...
News Ethiopia Government: New Ethiopian consulate in St. Paul seeks to build trust
The looming question is one of trust: Some 80 ethnic groups call Ethiopia home, and of them, the Oromo are the largest, though federal police and other government institutions were long dominated by a ...
