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Safaricom to start commercial operations in Ethiopia next month

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Safaricom set to start commercial services in Ethiopia in August. PHOTO | FILE

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Correspondent in Addis Abba, Ethiopia

Nation Media Group

Safaricom on Thursday announced that it will start commercial services in Ethiopia in August.

The company, part of the Vodafone group, has been under mounting pressure over its failure to meet previous launch target in April 2022.

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