The Ministry of Transport and Logistics and Ethio Telecom have launched the cross-border public transport service system, the integrated fuel supply system solution, and the national traffic point-based penalty management system.

“These solutions aim to modernize outdated operational processes in the interurban public transport and fuel supply chains, to provide access to reliable real-time data on fuel distribution and trade, to offer customers several payment options through financial institutions. diverse, to ensure transparency in the management of traffic tickets and to strengthen the responsibility of service providers,” explained the telecom company in a statement published on Wednesday 14 May

This initiative is part of the Ethiopian government's ambition to accelerate digital transformation and support the development of all sectors of the economy. This approach is supported by the Global Association of Telephone Operators (GSMA), which estimates that the digitalization of the transport sector is expected to generate an added value of 24 billion birr (approximately $177.2 million) by 2028, or 4.6% of the sector's added value over the period. The organization is also forecasting 130,000 additional jobs and 2 billion birr in additional tax revenue for the state