Ethiopia is looking for an adviser to help it with the partial privatisation of its state-run telecoms operator, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

Ethiopia first announced plans to offer a minority stake in its Ethio Telecom monopoly in July and said that foreign companies will be invited to bid.

The telecoms industry is considered a big prize in a push by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to liberalise the Ethiopian economy.

(Writing by George Obulutsa Editing by David Goodman)

Source: Reuters