by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Farming
Ethiopia’s farms feed the country, yet the biggest constraint on many rural producers is not soil or seed but information and finance they cannot reach. On 6 October 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia began commercial service, adding a second mobile network to a market...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Profiles
A launch photograph credits a leader; a working network credits an organisation. On 6 October 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia began commercial service, and the leadership question worth asking is not who cut the ribbon, but whether the outcome rests on a single decisive...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Lifestyle
The most consequential technologies are the ones that disappear into daily routine. On 6 October 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia began commercial service, adding a second mobile network to a market long served only by the state incumbent, Ethio Telecom. For the lived-economy...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Intellectual
A launch is an event; a model is a claim about how the world can be arranged. On 6 October 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia began commercial service, and the more durable question beneath the switch-on is intellectual: what strategic model is actually being tested here, and...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Property
A mobile signal feels weightless, but it stands on concrete, steel and secured land. On 6 October 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia began commercial service, and behind the invisible network is a very physical build: towers, fibre routes, power, and the land and permits that...