Safaricom in joint licence bid for costly Addis entry

Women walk past a Safaricom shop in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Safaricom #ticker:SCOM has been forced into a joint bid for one of two Ethiopian telecoms licences next year due to the high entry costs that are expected to breach the Sh100 billion mark.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm said that it will bid in partnership with South Africa’s Vodacom, which owns a 35 percent stake in Safaricom.

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