During the Digital Ethiopia 2025 Strategy Review National Conference held yesterday at the Adwa Victory Memorial Museum, key figures including Ethiopia's National Bank Governor, His Excellency Mamo Mihretu, Ethio telecom CEO, Ms. Frehiwot Tamru, Director General of the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute, Eng. Worku Gachena, Director General of Information Network Security Administration, Mrs. Tigist Hamid, and Dr. Zelalem Assefa, CEO of ICT and Digital Education at the Ministry of Education held a panel discussion. The panel delved into various aspects of Ethiopia's digital transformation journey, with our CEO, Ms. Frehiwot Tamru emphasizing how digital infrastructures like telecom, electric power, data centers, and digital ID systems are the foundational infrastructures in realizing the vision of a digital Ethiopia. She highlighted the encouraging progress made in deploying these infrastructures thus far but stressed the need to leverage them to build the digital economy. Ms. Tamru also underscored the role of Digital-ID platforms and policy reforms that brought forth the digital payment systems in creating an enabling environment for the success. Ms. Frehiwot Tamru, who was quote saying “Building Digital Ethiopia is a journey and some tangible results have been observed along the way” described the ongoing efforts to expand power supply and improve telecom accessibility as promising steps towards digital Ethiopia. She also emphasized the need for continued collaboration among stakeholders in these infrastructure developments while ensuring inclusivity. The panelists also elaborated the impact of mobile money services on Ethiopia's financial sector, the importance of focusing on artificial intelligence to drive socio-economic development, the ongoing initiatives to enhance cybersecurity measures and integrate digital education into the national curriculum as part of building a secure and progressive digital ecosystem. #DigitalAfrica #DigitalEthiopia #SmartAfrica #GSMA #ITU #WorldBank #OECD #G6countries #HOPR #Hof

During the Digital Ethiopia 2025 strategy journey evaluation national conference held on March 26, 2024, our company reminded participants about the development of a digital portal designed to collect valuable feedback from respected participants. The portal is designed so that citizens can easily provide inputs on the important steps that should be taken to accelerate the journey of Digital Ethiopia and the digital transformation. Accordingly, we invite you to share your insights and recommendations using the link https://bit.ly/49eSBn1 or QR code below. In the meantime, we extend our heartfelt appreciation to senior government officials, private sector collaborators, and emerging technology enthusiasts for their valuable input during the conference. hashtag#DigitalAfrica hashtag#DigitalEthiopia hashtag#SmartAfrica Office of the Prime Minister-Ethiopia Ministry of Innovation and Technology - Ethiopia hashtag#GSMA hashtag#ITU hashtag#WorldBank hashtag#OECD hashtag#G6countries