06 October 2022

Safaricom has expanded its pilot in Ethiopia to the cities of Bahir Dar and Adama, following a successful pilot in Dire Dawa, Haramaya and Harar.

The next two cities come under Safaricom’s city-by-city rollout, as Safaricom plans to reach 25 cities in Ethiopia by April 2023, and the entire nation by October 2023.

Working with government, businesses and local communities, Safaricom is committed to the digital transformation under the Digital Ethiopia Objectives.

“Our phased city-by-city customer trials are now growing to Central and Northern Ethiopia with more cities to follow, after the network rollout in Eastern Ethiopia over the past couple of weeks,” said Anwar Soussa, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Safaricom Ethiopia. The pilots in Bahir Dar and Adama allow us to continue rigorous service tests in Amhara and Oromia regions, looking forward to our national launch in October 2022 and servicing all of Ethiopia.”

The test network in Bahir and Adama will enable subscribers to make calls, use data services and send SMS to Safaricom Ethiopia and Ethio Telecom customers and international calls worldwide. The two cities will have six branded shops between them that will be open to serve customers, four in Bahir Dar and two in Adama.