Chief Executive
Accountable for contract performance and for the commitments made to clients. Signs the scope that delivery is measured against.
Named on appointment
Company
Built for the joins between technologies.
ELON Technology Solutions PLC is an Addis Ababa company delivering connectivity, digital identity, biometric and applied AI services to Ethiopian institutions and enterprises — and accountable for the seams between them.
At a glance
- Legal entityELON Technology Solutions PLC — registered in Ethiopia
- Capability linesFive, sharing one engineering practice
- Service languagesAmharic · Afaan Oromo · English
- Operating baseAddis Ababa, delivering nationwide
Why the company is shaped this way
eLON — Electronic Linked Operations & Networks — is an Addis Ababa technology company built around a single observation: the digital programmes that matter most in Ethiopia are not failing on technology. They are failing at the joins between technologies.
A bank that wants to onboard customers digitally needs an identity platform, a network path to every branch, biometric capture at the counter, and reporting with the evidence trail a regulator asks for. Four purchases, four suppliers, four sets of assumptions. The integration work lands on the client’s IT team, which is already fully committed.
We assembled the capability to cover the whole path under one contract. That decision shapes what we invest in, who we hire, and how we are organised: capability lines that share an engineering practice rather than separate business units that share a logo.
What we are deliberately not
- Not a box-mover. We do not compete on hardware margin. Where equipment is involved, the value we add is design, integration and support.
- Not a reseller with a website. Routing policy, platform configuration and template custody sit with us, and our engineers are the ones who change them.
- Not a consultancy. We deliver and operate. A strategy document with no implementation path is not a product we sell.
Operating principles
- Verifiable over impressive. If a claim cannot be evidenced to a procurement officer, it does not go on the website or into a proposal.
- Local by default. Ethiopian staff, local channels and Amharic-language service. Escalation paths do not require a visa.
- Exit is designed in. Data, configuration and documentation are yours, and a handover plan exists from day one — whether or not you ever use it.
Leadership
The people who sign their name to the delivery
Named technical accountability. In a procurement, you should know who is accountable before signature, not after handover.
Head of Network & Infrastructure
Owns connectivity design, outside-plant delivery and managed network operations. Named escalation point for network incidents.
Named on appointment
Head of Identity & Trust
Owns eKYC and biometric delivery, including privacy design reviews and the auditability model that regulators see.
Named on appointment
Head of Data & AI
Owns language model engineering, document and speech processing, and the accuracy measurement discipline.
Named on appointment
Individual profiles, photographs and biographies are published only with the named individuals’ consent. Leadership details are available to procurement teams on request.
Licences & certifications
Evidence, not assurance
Ethiopian licensing for connectivity services is a prerequisite, not a differentiator. What matters is that you can verify it.
Company registrationELON Technology Solutions PLC, registered in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Registration details available to procurement on request.
Tax identificationTIN and VAT registration current and available to procurement on request.
Service licencesLicences relevant to the connectivity and value-added services offered, issued by the competent Ethiopian authority. Licence documentation available on request.
Quality and security postureInternal information-security policy, incident-handling procedure and access-control standard. Certifications are pursued where a client contract requires them. Current certification status available on request.
Sub-processors and partnersAny third party involved in delivery is named in writing with the scope it covers, before contract signature.
Documents, not claims. We do not list accreditations on this page that we cannot hand you on paper. Licence and certification documents are provided to procurement teams on request, so that your file holds the evidence rather than our description of it.
Partners
Who we work with, and on what basis
Technology vendors
International platform and equipment vendors whose products we integrate and support. Partner logos are used only where a written agreement permits it, and are therefore not shown in this model.
Delivery subcontractors
Civil, rigging and cabling specialists engaged for infrastructure works. They work to our method statements and our quality gate, and we remain the single contracting party to you.
Local and regional partners
Ethiopian firms we team with on larger programmes, and regional partners for clients operating beyond Ethiopia. Structures are disclosed in writing before contract.
No implied endorsement. A partner relationship is a commercial arrangement. It does not mean that a vendor endorses eLON, or that eLON speaks for a vendor. Where a client requires vendor authorisation letters, we obtain them for that specific bid.
Careers
Build infrastructure that outlasts the project
We hire engineers and delivery people who are comfortable being accountable for something that has to keep working after they have moved on.
Roles we typically recruit for
- Network and infrastructure engineers — routing, optical and wireless, with an operational mindset.
- Platform and integration engineers — APIs, identity systems, on-premises deployment.
- Data and ML engineers — with Ethiopian language or document-processing experience, or the appetite to acquire it.
- Project and service delivery managers — comfortable in institutional procurement environments.
- Field and support technicians — site work, commissioning and fault attendance.
Applications are welcome in Amharic, Afaan Oromo or English. Send a CV and a short note about the last thing you built that had to keep running.
Send an applicationLocal firstEngineering and support based in Addis Ababa
Field exposureReal sites, real constraints, real acceptance tests
Documented workWhat you build is recorded and handed over
Three languagesAmharic, Afaan Oromo and English working environment
Next step
Bring us the problem, not a specification.
The most useful first conversation is a technical one: what has to work, by when, and what has already been tried. We will tell you plainly whether it is something we should be doing.
Technical first responseA qualified engineer reviews your requirement before anyone calls you.
Written scopeYou receive a documented approach, assumptions and exclusions you can circulate internally.
Local channelsReach us on phone, WhatsApp, Telegram or email — whichever your team already uses.
One point of accountabilityOne contract and one escalation path across connectivity, identity and AI.