Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Tele inks MoU with Oromia, Sheger Administration to harbor smart cities

Ethio Telecom signs a memorandum of understanding with the Oromia National Regional State and Sheger City Administration to deploy the state-of-the-art smart solutions and digital services, ushering in a new era of modernized and digitized service delivery.

According to the telecommunications firm, the agreement with the Oromia National Regional State, will have a substantial impact across diverse sectors, ranging from local administrative units to regional administrative organs, thereby streaming service delivery processes and leading to greater satisfaction with service provision.

“This agreement will further play a pivotal role in digitalizing the Region’s administrative offices operations with the deployment of digital infrastructures that will enhance citizens’ convenience and experience. Particularly, making an agreement to collect municipal income tax, rental income tax and investment income tax payments and other service payments via telebirr is the cornerstone of this agreement,” the firm underlined in its presser.

Similarly, the company set forth an agreement with the Sheger City Administration Mayor’s Office to deploy a Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure that will help easily integrate various bureaus and service rendering offices. The agreement also included the installation of fiber optic cables for CCTV cameras, the construction of a control room for the cameras and the provision of ongoing technical support.

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