{"id":131567,"date":"2024-06-13T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=406357"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:29:17","slug":"government-targets-local-investors-for-ethio-telecom-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/government-targets-local-investors-for-ethio-telecom-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Government targets local investors for Ethio Telecom stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethiopian government reportedly halted a process to potentially offload a 45 per cent stake in Ethio Telecom to foreign bidders, as local investors begin to show a bigger appetite, <em>Bloomberg<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>CEO at Ethiopian Investment Holdings Abdurehman Eid told the outlet there were foreign bidders vying for a stake in the state-owned operator, \u201cbut each of them left the process at one point\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For one, Orange Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/orange\/orange-withdraws-from-ethio-telecom-sale-process\/\">pulled<\/a> out of a potential deal last year, telling <em>Mobile World Live<\/em> (<em>MWL<\/em>) \u201cthe conditions do not allow for the rapid deployment of our strategy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Emirati telecoms giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/top-three\/orange-e-mull-investments-in-ethio-telecom\/\">e&amp;<\/a> was also reported to be among the interested parties, but no agreement materialised. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Bloomberg <\/em>reported Eid had decided it was \u201cprobably better to halt the process\u201d of potentially selling the stake to an overseas bidder, opting to offer around 10 per cent to local retail investors, who are showing \u201ca huge appetite\u201d for a holding in Ethio Telecom.<\/p>\n<p>Ethio Telecom, the country\u2019s largest operator, will be listed on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange that is due to launch in October \u2013 on track with a plan announced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Said.<\/p>\n<p>The operator booked more than 74 million subscribers as of January and gained $191.6 million profit in the first half of 2024. 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