Safaricom Ethiopia

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia P.L.C., initially known as Global Partnership for Ethiopia BV (GPE), is a telecommunications entity established to operate within Ethiopia. The company was granted a licence to operate telecom services in the country, marking a significant foreign direct investment into Ethiopia with a licence fee of US$850 million. The company was granted a nationwide full-service Unified Telecommunications Service License on 9 July 2021 and officially registered as Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc in July 2021.