Ethiopia's state-owned telecom company reports rising annual revenue

STORY: Ethiopia's state-owned telecom company reports rising annual revenue DATELINE: July 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ethiopia's state-owned telecom company reporting rising annual revenue 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): FREHIWOT TAMIRU, Ethio-Telecom chief executive officer (CEO) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): FREHIWOT TAMIRU, Ethio-Telecom chief executive officer (CEO) STORYLINE: Ethiopia's state-owned Ethio-Telecom reported an annual revenue of 75.8 billion birrs (about 1.38 billion U.S. dollars) during the past Ethiopian fiscal year, which ended on July 7. Ethio-Telecom chief executive officer (CEO) Frehiwot Tamiru announced the company's 2022/2023 fiscal year business performance on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic) FREHIWOT TAMIRU, Ethio-Telecom chief executive officer (CEO) "By offering 203 products and services, we have managed to earn 75.8 billion birrs during the budget year and we have achieved 101 percent of our target, up from 61.3 billion bir

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(230325) -- ADDIS ABABA, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Frehiwot Tamiru, chief executive officer (CEO) of Ethio-Telecom, speaks during the launching ceremony of its upgraded mobile money platform TeleBirr in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 23, 2023. Ethiopia's state-owned Ethio-Telecom upgraded its mobile money platform TeleBirr into a SuperApp that provides users with access to multiple services via a single interface, including e-commerce, food delivery, entertainment, utility bill payments, transportation, fundraising and more. (Photo by Michael Tewelde/Xinhua)

Ethio-Telecom partners with Huawei to launch pilot 5G services in Ethiopia

STORY: Ethio-Telecom partners with Huawei to launch pilot 5G services in Ethiopia DATELINE: May 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): FREHIWOT TAMIRU, CEO of Ethio-Telecom 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): FREHIWOT TAMIRU, CEO of Ethio-Telecom STORYLINE: Ethiopia's state-owned Ethio-Telecom on Monday launched a pre-commercial 5G services trial in the capital Addis Ababa in partnership with Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Ethiopia's first 5G service, which was launched across six mobile stations in Addis Ababa, is said to be part of the Ethiopian government's digital transformation aspirations. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): FREHIWOT TAMIRU, CEO of Ethio-Telecom "We are pleased and honored to launch the world's advanced 5G network. We are committed to seeing a digital Ethiopia, which will uplift our people's overall living conditions." SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): FREHIWOT TAMIRU, CEO of Ethio-Telecom "This 5G service will provide our