Ethio Telecom Launches The Second Extremely-Quick EV Charging Hub In Addis Ababa

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Final Up to date on: eleventh April 2025, 12:28 pm

A few months in the past, we reported that Ethio Telecom launched its newly constructed ultra-fast EV charging station on each side of the Bole to Megenagna street in Addis Ababa. Ethio Telecom is a telecoms supplier in Ethiopia with over 81 million subscribers, together with over 78 million cellular voice subscribers and over 44 million information and web customers. Ethio Telecom has a imaginative and prescient to be the main digital options supplier, with its slogan being “Bringing New Prospects.” The corporate says introducing the charging community “aligns” with this imaginative and prescient.

1. That first charging hub has Eight Extremely-Quick Chargers (as much as 600 kW every) — the chargers are able to absolutely charging appropriate automobiles inside quarter-hour, enabling fast recharges for drivers on the go.
2. Twelve Tremendous-Quick Chargers (as much as 500 kW every) — delivering high-speed charging with optimum accessibility, and guaranteeing drivers get again on the street shortly.
3. Good Pole Chargers — built-in into sensible metropolis infrastructure, these Stage II chargers present emergency charging choices for drivers in want and are positioned alongside numerous routes.

This makes it one of many coolest charging hubs you could find anyplace on the earth. This hub has already completed some superior numbers. Since launch, the Bole–Megenagna hub has made a major environmental influence, serving to to stop an estimated 521,074.23 kg of CO₂ emissions since February 11, 2025 — equal to planting roughly 2,622 bushes. Ethio Telecom says this achievement was made doable by offering providers to 14,280 electrical automobiles over the interval with a complete of 376,574.72kWh of electrical energy.

I’m assuming that is most likely 14,280 charging periods and never distinctive automobiles. Why? There are most likely numerous repeat clients utilizing that hub, particularly individuals the frequent that hall. If we assume that it’s certainly 14,280 cost periods, it’ll imply that the common cost session consumed simply over 26.37kWh. That’s fairly fascinating given the wide range of automobiles out there in Ethiopia which have a variety of battery pack sizes. Since it is a quick charging website, we will assume numerous customers have been most likely filling up from 20% to 80% or one thing every so often. In any case, it’s nice to get some actual information from individuals on the bottom, and because of Ethio Telecom for sharing this information. It’s not all the time straightforward to get information on this a part of the world.

Properly, Ethio Telecom will not be slowing down! Ethio Telecom has now launched its second ultra-fast charging hub. Ethio Telecom says in a daring step towards supporting Ethiopia’s rising electrical automobile (EV) ecosystem, the corporate has unveiled its newly constructed second ultra-fast EV charging station on Megenagna to Bole street in Addis Ababa. Ethio Telecom says the brand new charging station launched at the moment has the distinctive capability to cost European model electrical automobiles and is supplied with appropriate EU Extremely-Quick EV chargers. Meaning along with the usual GB/T (since most automobiles in Ethiopia come from China), the brand new hub additionally has CCS2. This electrical charging station is able to charging as much as 16 electrical automobiles concurrently, enabling environment friendly service for drivers. This has made it doable to construct a complete capability to serve 32 electrical automobiles directly.

Ethio Telecom says this second website is in-built a spacious and handy location, permitting drivers to enter, obtain service, and exit with out issues about house constraints. This allows them to simply entry service without having to journey to the electrical charging station beforehand constructed on the street from Bole to Megenagna. Moreover, these electrical charging stations make the most of expertise that makes them inherently scalable, facilitating straightforward, fast, and cost-effective expansions or upgrades as required.

The newly launched station contains:

1. 4 Extremely-Quick Chargers (as much as 600 kW) – the chargers are able to absolutely charging appropriate automobiles inside quarter-hour relying on the automobile’s capability, enabling fast recharges for drivers on the go. Notably, for metropolis buses engaged in offering public transport service, fast charging (refueling) permits them to save lots of time and proceed offering their service.
2. Twelve Tremendous-Quick Chargers (as much as 500 kW) – Delivering high-speed charging with optimum accessibility, guaranteeing drivers get again on the street shortly.

Another highlights embrace:

Seamless Digital Expertise by way of telebirr

• The charging station operates 24/7and is absolutely powered by telebirr SuperApp, Ethio telecom’s digital fee platform.
  • Clients pays for charging providers shortly, simply, and conveniently with telebirr.
  • Drivers can cost their automobiles independently utilizing telebirr, guaranteeing a seamless, cashless transaction expertise.
  • Good On-line Monitoring permits real-time monitoring and environment friendly administration by way of the telebirr SuperApp, guaranteeing seamless connectivity by fibre, 4G, or 5G networks.
  • NFC Allow: Close to Discipline Communication (NFC) can be utilized to allow options like “faucet to cost” or “sensible authentication” for accessing charging stations, initiating charging, and finishing transactions, providing a sooner and extra environment friendly consumer expertise.

As Zach wrote some time again, traditionally, much less economically wealthy international locations have been the “dumping floor” of older, “outdated” automobiles from Europe, the US, and Japan. It’s been a serious concern of these of us with a little bit of a worldwide perspective as these areas electrify. Final yr, Ethiopia grew to become the primary nation on the earth to ban the importation of inner combustion engine automobiles. This implies there wont be any dumping of outdated ICE automobiles in Ethiopia. Whereas most international locations have pledged to ban the registration of ICE automobiles in 2030 and past, Ethiopia did it in 2024. Ethiopia has even crushed international locations like Norway that had introduced bans years in the past, with these bans kicking in in 2025. One can perceive Ethiopia’s motivation for all of this, although. Ethiopia’s motivation? A excessive fossil gas import invoice of over US$5 billion a yr, taking an enormous chunk of the nation’s scarce international foreign money assets. Vitality safety and self-sufficiency was one other main driver. Ethiopia lately commissioned the primary items from the 5,150 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD will add one other ~15,500 GWh of fresh electrical energy to the nation’s power combine. This implies Ethiopia now has some exceptionally good regionally generated renewable power that can be utilized to substitute a good portion of that massive import invoice.

Photos courtesy of Ethio Telecom