Month-long internet shutdown cost Ethiopia over $100m: NetBlocks
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed delivers a speech at the House of Peoples' Representatives of Ethiopia on the current political and economic issues of the country on February 3, 2020, in Addis Ababa. PHOTO | MICHAEL TEWELDE | AFP
Ethiopia suffered a loss of at least $100 million due to the internet shutdown the government imposed in July.
This is according to NetBlocks, a group which monitors internet freedom worldwide. It calculated the daily impact of the cut in terms of direct economic costs.
