A high-stakes criminal tax case has resulted in the incarceration of an Ethiopian-American tech CEO behind one of the first private internet service provider licenses in the country. Dawit Birhanu, CEO and co-founder of WebSprix IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd has been imprisoned for the past five months after a rejection of his bail plea and subsequent maintenance of the ruling by a series of courts. Websprix, a company with significant shares owned by Ethiopian diaspora, has provided a range of internet and technology services in Ethiopia for the past fourteen years, employing over 400 people.
On December 26, 2024, the Ministry of Justice Economic Crime Affairs Directorate General lodged a case at the Federal High Court Lideta Criminal Bench against WebSprix and three of its senior executives: Dawit Birhanu, a former Cisco employee who moved back to Ethiopia in 2011 to co-found the company; Abraham Menwielet, Vice President and Co-founder; and Mekdes Aklilu Temesgen, Board Chairman. The trio were charged with allegedly facilitating contraband, tax evasion, and presenting money obtained through criminal activity as legitimately gained.
The charges against WebSprix and its executives were filed just a few weeks after the Company received an Internet Service Provider (ISP) license from the Ethiopian Communication Authority (ECA) with a capital of 100.8 million Birr. This made the company one of only three entities, alongside Ethio telecom and Safaricom Ethiopia, authorized to build and operate telecom infrastructure.
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