by The Fikiria Desk | Dec 19, 2022 | Consumers
Investors are told that connectivity is destiny, yet the map of who profits from a submarine cable rarely matches the map of who lays it. The PEACE cable entered commercial service this week with a landing in Djibouti, adding a high-capacity route between Asia, Africa...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Consumers
The Ethiopian mobile customer has, until now, had a relationship with a single provider on the provider’s terms. From 6 October 2022, that arrangement has a rival. Safaricom Ethiopia has switched on commercial service, and with it the country’s...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Consumers
Most African digital champions grow by deepening their home market. On 6 October 2022, one grew by leaving it. Safaricom Ethiopia’s commercial launch is not only a new network switching on inside Ethiopia; it is an East African operating model being carried...
by The Fikiria Desk | Feb 26, 2022 | Consumers
Uganda’s rural households are rich in produce and poor in access — to buyers, to credit, to the prices those would set. Programmes have promised to close that gap before, and households have learned to weigh promises against delivery. The Parish Development...
by The Fikiria Desk | Feb 20, 2022 | Consumers
For the ordinary Ethiopian customer, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been a matter of national pride paid for out of pocket, but experienced day to day as an outage. The paradox of a landmark power project is that the people funding it have kept the candles...