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