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Safaricom Ethiopia in building and operating advanced 4G and 5G mobile networks .
The government has ambitious plans to generate over 35,000 MW through geothermal energy by 2037 . wingu . africa , for instance , inaugurated its inaugural facility in Addis Ababa , boasting an impressive 161 thousand square feet of space and a power capacity of approximately 10 MW when fully developed . Addis Ababa has emerged as the preferred location for major investments from colocation service providers like wingu . africa and Safaricom .
However , Ethiopia lags the rest of the Sub Saharan market in ICT . According to the USbased International Trade Administration , the current contribution of the communication sector to GDP is approximately 2 %, compared with average 4 % in the East Africa region . Ethiopia ’ s wireless penetration stands at 58 %, as compared to the Sub-Saharan average of 75 %. Fixed and mobile line telephone density was 1 % and 58 %, respectively , in 2021 – 22 .
Networking investments
In September last year , Liquid Intelligent Technologies , a business of Cassava Technologies , a pan-African technology group , announced the launch of fully redundant terrestrial routes , from Kenya to Ethiopia and Zambia to Malawi . This significant achievement will allow for greater efficiency and reliable regional connectivity , both key to the economic development of these countries .
Spanning over 1,000 km , the fibre link between Kenya and Ethiopia offers businesses in Ethiopia access to data centres and cloud in Nairobi , Kenya , ensuring that data does not leave the continent . In addition , this link is further supported by the cross-border 711 km link between Zambia and Malawi , providing a direct and reliable connection to content caches and data centres in South Africa .
In partnership with the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company and Ethiopia Electric Power , Liquid ’ s new link connects Nairobi and Mega , a town in southern Ethiopia , and provides a capacity of 4Tbps . Complementing the existing terrestrial routes across this border , the Kenya- Ethiopia route will now have carrier-grade connectivity , which serves to rapidly expand data traffic on this important route .
The fibre network will provide Kenya and Ethiopia with measurable benefits in terms of connectivity performance and accessibility as it connects the underserved towns of Suswa , Sereolipi , Ndaragwa and Marsabit , as well as Nairobi and Mega .
The market for digital payments is growing steadily in Ethiopia , as increased customers gain better access to e-commerce sites and want to shop from their mobile devices . The number of e-commerce consumers in Ethiopia is projected to reach 44.2 million users in 2025 . This
An important milestone was reached in July 2023 when a memorandum of understanding was signed between Ethiopia and South Korea to embark on a Smart City project in Ethiopia .
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