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Safaricom to spend Sh1.6b on fibre optic lease in Ethiopia

Safaricom headquarters, Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Safaricom has signed a deal valued at over Sh1.6 billion to use Ethiopian Electric Power’s (EEP) dark fibre to provide telecommunications services in the Horn of Africa country.

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