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Ethio telecom launched teleSign to accelerate Ethiopia’ s Digital Transformation journey
Ethio telecom, in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ministry of Justice and the Federal Documents Authentication and Registration Service( DARS), has officially launched teleSign – a transformative national digital signature platform designed to enable secure, borderless citizen-centric services.
As Ethiopia advances toward realising the Digital Ethiopia 2030 vision, Ethio telecom continues to move beyond connectivity, deploying advanced digital technologies that modernise public services, strengthen institutional efficiency and enhance the daily lives of citizens both at home and abroad.
The launch marks a major milestone in Ethiopia’ s Digital Transformation journey, introducing secure digital identity verification, legally recognised digital signatures and fully digitised government workflows that reduce bureaucracy, increase accessibility and promote national digital inclusion.
teleSign introduces a new era of convenience, trust and accessibility for citizens and the diaspora community by enabling seamless digital interactions with government institutions.
Key benefits for citizens include:
• Anytime, anywhere access
• Secure digital identity verification
• Fully digital service delivery
• Integrated digital payments
• Borderless services for the diaspora
Key benefits for institutions include:
• End-to-end digitalisation
• Inter-governmental interoperability
• Legally recognised digital signatures
• Enhanced transparency and accountability
• Improved service reach and capacity
Africa Data Centres partners with Oni-Tel to enhance data centre connectivity in South Africa
Africa Data Centres has partnered with Oni-Tel Fibre
Networks to strengthen connectivity across its Gauteng facilities. Under the agreement, Oni-Tel will deliver highspeed, low-latency connectivity to Africa Data Centres’ Midrand and Samrand campuses through its Infinity fibre interconnection platform.
Purpose-built for data centre interconnectivity on a resilient network with direct access to Gauteng’ s key data centre hubs, this provides customers with fast, high-capacity bandwidth and secure, carrier-grade performance, supporting the levels of uptime required in today’ s datadriven environments.
For Africa Data Centres, which operates the continent’ s largest interconnected, vendor- and cloud-neutral data centre platform, the collaboration strengthens its service portfolio by enhancing performance and expanding connectivity options within its facilities. Customers gain greater interconnection choice, high-availability architecture, seamless bandwidth and the ability to scale efficiently as their infrastructure requirements grow.
Adil El Youssefi, CEO of Africa Data Centres, said:“ By partnering with Oni-Tel, we’ re giving our customers access to enhanced fibre infrastructure that supports their growth and innovation, while maintaining secure, enterprise-grade environments for businesses navigating South Africa’ s digital economy.”
Ellisha Gobind, Chief Commercial Officer at Oni-Tel Fibre Networks, said:“ Our partnership with Africa Data Centres enables us to deliver our premium fibre interconnection solution into some of the most strategically important data centre hubs in Gauteng. Through Infinity, customers benefit from ultra-low latency connectivity, scalable capacity and secure, carrier-grade infrastructure.” •
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