Ethiopia has said it wants to increase its internet penetration from its current rate of less than 2% to 48% in 5 years' time.
Ethiopia has one of the lowest rates of internet connectivity in the world, with just 1.7% of the population having access to the internet.
The government hopes to boost this to almost 50% by 2020 by making internet-enabled mobile phones more widely available.
The government has been embarking on a telecoms infrastructure rollout over the last decade, gradually improving mobile phone coverage across the country.Â
