French telecommunications firm Orange has issued a statement detailing arrangements to officially announce the launch of Djoliba, described by the company as ‘the first pan-African fibre optic network’. Recently the company released a brief statement confirming a media conference, scheduled for 10 November, and involving Orange Chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard, Alioune Ndiaye, CEO Orange...
The management and running of the day to day operations of Orange Liberia is now in the hands of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Jean Marius Yao. The announcement of the change in leadership was made formally yesterday at a formal outdoor ceremony held at the company’s headquarters on Capital Bypass. Mr. Yao...
Following the deliberations of the Boards of Directors of Orange Burkina Faso, Orange Liberia and Orange Money Côte d’Ivoire on October 21, 2020, Orange Côte d’Ivoire announces the appointment of two members of its committee of Management, at the head of the Orange Liberia and Orange Money Côte d’Ivoire subsidiaries. These appointments take effect from 1 st November...
Orange is considering plans to spin off its cyber security operations as part of its strategic options, reports Les Echos quoting group CEO Stephane Richard. The news follows an earlier report by La Lettre A, which recently revealed that investment banker Jean-Marie Messier was involved in the project. Trade unions have expressed strong opposition to...
Orange Côte d’Ivoire announces the appointment of Ms. Nafy Silué, as Deputy Managing Director, as of October 7, 2020. She will also act as Zone Director of the Orange Côte d’Ivoire cluster. Ivoire composed of the three subsidiaries Orange Côte d’Ivoire, Orange Burkina Faso and Orange Liberia. The appointment of Ms. Nafy Silué crowns a flawless...
Guinea’s Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (L’Autoritie de Regulation des Postes et Telecommunications, ARPT) ordered the closure of Cellcom’s head office on 8 October, following the mobile network operator’s (MNO’s) non-payment of fees on national and international calls totalling more than GNF140 billion (USD14.3 million). The regulator stressed that only administration, finance and customer services...
French telecommunications firm Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project, established to help reduce the cost of communication and keep the traffic generated and destined for Africa within Africa. According to a statement released to the media, the Smart Africa Secretariat has emphasised the need to...
Orange Cote d’Ivoire has launched its first fibre access networks outside of the country’s former capital and largest city, Abidjan. Having covered much of Abidjan with fibre networks, Orange has now turned its attention to other regions, including port city San Pedro. The telco says that almost 100km of fibre has already been installed in...
Orange Niger, which was acquired by Zamani Com in November last year, has secured a loan of XOF31 billion (USD56.3 million) from Coris Bank Niger to fund the modernisation and expansion of its networks. In addition, the cellco plans to acquire a 4G licence and deploy LTE and LTE-A services by the end of this year. ‘This important...
Ceragon Networks has announced that Orange Niger has selected its wireless backhaul solutions and services to modernise its nationwide backbone network to LTE. Ceragon will enable Orange to deploy 4G, starting with the capital Niamey and expanding to other major cities with a view to securing over one million 4G subscribers by the end of 2020....
