Connecting Today, Powering Tomorrow
Uplink Technologies Limited is a licensed telecommunications provider and enterprise fintech switch operator headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with carrier operations in London, UK. We engineer the infrastructure that bridges 130M+ citizens, 90M+ mobile subscribers, and 60M+ mobile money wallets to carrier-grade digital services.
Our Foundation
Engineered for Ethiopian Operational Reality
Direct MNO Interconnects
First-party SMPP bindings and API bridges directly into Ethio Telecom and Safaricom Ethiopia. No middleman aggregators, zero extra hops, minimum latency.
ECA-Licensed Carrier
Regulated by the Ethiopian Communications Authority, operating in full compliance with ECA QoS Directive No. 794/2021 and telecom fraud regulations.
NBE Regulatory Alignment
Built to National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) Directives ONPS/02/2020 and ONPS/07/2022 with immutable audit trails, maker-checker authorization, and zero FX exposure.
Dual Operations Hubs
Addis Ababa headquarters (Bole Brass Century Building) paired with active carrier routing nodes in London, UK, for international white-route termination.
Executive Team
Leadership & Technical Governance
Decades of combined expertise in telecom switching, high-concurrency systems, and regulated payments.
Abdirizack Ali
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Visionary executive leading Uplink's corporate strategy, regulatory alignment with the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA), and carrier partnerships across East Africa and international telecom hubs.
Benito Ngugi
Head of Technology & Engineering
Systems architect driving Uplink's core telecom infrastructure, high-availability switch architectures, direct MNO API integrations with Safaricom Ethiopia and Ethio Telecom, and carrier-grade DevOps pipelines.
Corporate Headquarters
Physical Presence & Operations
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (HQ)
Bole Brass Century Building, 4th Floor, Office #409
Bole Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: +251 91 586 0000
Email: support@uplink.et
London, United Kingdom
International Telecom Exchange Center
Active-Active SBC Interconnect Gateway
Wholesale Voice Routing & International Termination
Email: benito@uplink.et