Gabon: Moov Africa and Airtel want to connect 200 villages located in “white zones 

Mobile telephone operators Airtel Gabon and Moov Africa Gabon Telecom will provide radio coverage to 200 villages in Gabon located in “white zones”, still lacking mobile telephone and Internet services. The initiative was the subject of a meeting last week between heads of telecommunications companies and Célestin Kadjidja (photo, center), president of the Regulatory Authority for...

Gabon obtains a $68.5 million loan from the World Bank to accelerate its digital transformation

The Gabonese government has made digital technology one of the pillars of the country’s socio-economic development. The executive recently signed an agreement with an Indian company to provide the country with a national data center. Gabon will benefit from support from the World Bank to accelerate the implementation of its digital transformation project called “Digital Gabon”. On...

Gabon: Moov and Airtel achieved a turnover of 37.4 billion FCFA in 2022 in the mobile money segment

These figures reflect the growth of mobile finance in Gabon as an alternative to the traditional banking sector. Concentrated in the urban centers of Libreville, Port-Gentil and Franceville, banks struggle to reach low-income customers from regional and remote areas. The growing penetration of mobile telephony allows mobile finance to solve this accessibility problem. The latest dashboard of...

Gabon entrusts the construction of its national data center to the Indian company Shapoorji-Pallonji

Shapoorji-Pallonji has a proven track record of building digital infrastructure in Africa. The company has carried out digital projects in Egypt, Ghana and the DRC. The Gabonese government’s plans to provide the country with a national data center are well underway. A memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday June 29 with the Indian company Shapoorji-Pallonji for...

Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Congo build 500 km cable for high-speed interconnection

Physical interconnections between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea have also been planned since September 2020. The two countries must nevertheless sign memorandums of understanding to define the regulations. In a recent report on the digital economy, the World Bank informs that Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea are building a 500 km submarine...

Gabon: Airtel seeks plots from the government to extend the coverage of its network

Airtel Africa wants to improve its position in its African markets. The company recently invested millions of dollars for the acquisition of additional telecom frequencies in Kenya and Zambia.  Telecommunications operator Airtel Gabon is currently negotiating with the Gabonese government to obtain 165 plots to extend its network coverage in the country, local press reports. This initiative...

Gabon and Togo sign MoU on free roaming

Gabon and Togo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 4 August to abolish roaming charges between the two countries. The telecoms regulators of the two countries noted the agreement will result in a substantial drop in the price of mobile services (voice, data and SMS) while roaming, with outgoing calls billed at the local rate...

Gabon: GVA boosts fibre package speeds

Gabonactu reports that Group Vivendi Africa Gabon (GVA Gabon), the country’s leading fixed broadband provider in terms of subscriptions, has announced a significant increase to the speed of its ‘CanalBox’ FTTH packages while keeping prices unchanged. The maximum download speed supported by the company’s ‘Start’ package, costing XAF25,000 (USD40.75) a month, has been boosted five-fold to 50Mbps while...

Gabon: Moov Africa will invest $ 18 million to cover 141 villages and 600 km of Telecoms Network

Although the mobile penetration rate is very high in Gabon, the telecom coverage rate, meanwhile, remains to be improved. A challenge that Moov Africa Gabon Telecom wants to take up with regard to its impact on both its finances and national growth. The mobile telephone operator Moov Africa Gabon Telecom announced, Friday July 16, an investment...

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