The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission has launched a formal inquiry into the joint venture between Safaricom and its parent firm Vodafone for Ethiopia entry.

The regional trading bloc’s competition watchdog said its investigation will assess whether the merger of the two telcos would skew competition in the regional market.

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