Ethiopia’s First Smart Card Manufacturing Plant

Ethiopia’s first smart card manufacturing plant, owned by the local firm Lootah Industries PLC, announced it will start operations in November 2021. The plant will produce GSM SIM cards and supply the cards to Ethio Telecom as per its agreement with the telecom company. The high-tech facility, built at a cost of $4 million around […]

First Smart Cards facility kicks off operation

Ethiopia’s first smart-card manufacturing facility will start production of GSM SIM cards from November 2021. Lootah Industries PLC; a local company located in Addis Ababa Haile Garment area, started development of this high-tech facility 2 years ago and after investing US$ 4 million into the factory they are going to start production this year. “It […]