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344 Diagnosing Corruption in Ethiopia
recent corruption and because it does not lead to corrective action.
Neither does it allay the concerns of those affected stakeholders who
remain convinced that corruption is a real issue in the sector that urgently
needs to be addressed. The remainder of this chapter therefore seeks to
start the process of improving understanding of these issues in an objective,
structured, participatory, and constructive manner that draws on the
views of all parties and leads to clear recommendations.
Approach to Remainder of Diagnostic Study
Following the initial document analysis, further information was obtained
in the following ways: 13
• Expert interviews with senior representatives from the relevant bodies
including the Ministry of Transport and Communication, the ETC, the
FEACC, and private sector telecoms companies. The public was not
included in this study.
• A multistakeholder consensus-building workshop that included senior representatives
from the MTC, the ETC, the FEACC, private sector telecoms
companies, and the Oromia Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
In the interviews and workshop, representatives provided their views
on the occurrence of corruption in the telecoms sector in Ethiopia, the
major areas of corruption risk, how the risk is being handled, and how risk
prevention could be improved.
To structure the consultation and related analysis, as previously noted,
key risks were considered in connection with seven defined activities
within the sector: licensing, design, appointment of equipment suppliers,
delivery and installation of equipment, construction of facilities, theft,
and public interface of service delivery.
The Map of Corruption in Ethiopia’s Telecommunications Sector
The results of the consultation are presented in the seven-part table
8.1. 14 For each of the seven risk areas, examples and a rating are provided
of typical international experience of corruption, followed by a
description and comparative rating of perceived risks in Ethiopia. Both
the assessments and the ratings draw on the review of documentation,
the expert interviews, and the stakeholder perceptions as expressed in the
consensus-building workshops.
The ratings (ranging from low to very high) are assessed based on the
value of the perceived corruption, which does not necessarily correlate with