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Huawei plans to move regional office to Ethiopia from DR Congo

Friday 18 December 2020 | 09:59 CET | News
Huawei is positioning itself to get more business in Ethiopia as the economy opens up its telecommunications sector, Bloomberg reported.  Loise Tamalgo, Huawei's Vice-President for Southern-Sahara Africa, said Ethiopia is rising and becoming much more important for the future. The company is likely to move a regional office covering about five countries from the Democratic Republic Congo to Ethiopia, where it currently only has a country office, he said.

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Categories: General
Companies: Ethio Telecom / Huawei
Countries: Ethiopia
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