The telecoms business in Ethiopia, a country with a population of more than 100 million people and one of the region’s biggest economies, is considered lucrative and is expected to draw significant investor interest. ADDIS ABABA: France’s telecom firmOrange has submitted an expression of interest to participate in the ongoing partial privatisation of Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom firm, Ethiopia’s ambassador...
An unprecedented solution supposed to revolutionize financial inclusion in Africa, the Mowali project has still not really achieved its objectives. It must be said that since its establishment, it has encountered several obstacles, in particular regional regulations on financial transactions. Although things seem to be off to a bad start, Orange continues to believe in it. On...
Last January, Stéphane Richard, CEO of the Orange group unveiled the company’s ambition to launch 5G in its African markets between 2021 and 2022. The first markets targeted by the telecoms operator are specify. They are all in West Africa for now. The mobile operator Orange Mali has successfully tested the fifth generation technology in...
Since last year, FinTech has been booming in Egypt, driven by the Covid-19. Orange, which anticipates increasingly fierce competition in the electronic financial services segment, has decided to increase its technical agility to face them. The mobile operator Orange Egypt signed a partnership agreement on Monday July 5 with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) to...
The battle in the fiber optic segment is really underway in Burkina Faso. After Onatel last year and then GVA in early June, a new player has also scented the right vein in fixed connectivity. Orange relies on the quality of its services and its costs to win over its competitors. The mobile operator Orange Burkina...
Subscribers of Orange Centrafrique have been unable to access mobile services after a major blaze at the operator’s premises in the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui destroyed its core network, data centre and radio installations on 6 June, reports Radio France Internationale (RFI). The operator is still evaluating the damage and has yet to indicate...
Mobile operator Orange Botswana has launched a new TD-LTE network to provide fixed-wireless connectivity for home and business users. The Konnecta Max service includes three tiers of pre-paid and post-paid offers and is available to customers in 22 towns across the country. The cellco already uses its FDD 4G network to provide access for home users. Orange Botswana CEO Dr...
Orange Botswana CEO Dr Patrick Benon said the company is committed to improve fixed internet connectivity this year. “As you are aware, with the COVID-19 crisis, Botswana’s need for fixed internet has tremendously increased, and our customers need more speed, more stability and unlimited internet at an affordable price,” said Benon. He said the operator...
Orange Bissau has launched its program to modernise the mobile access network and extend its rural coverage to more than 1,000 new villages in Guinea Bissau. According to a statement released to the media, the operator has invested 13.4-billion FCFA into the infrastructure upgrade. The company recently inaugurated the first antenna in the village of...
Rural areas in Africa are currently showing strong financial potential for telecom operators. In Cameroon, Orange has decided to invest a little more there. The company wants to bring a set of value-added services, including mobile payment. The Canadian company NuRAN Wireless Inc, specializing in the provision of mobile and broadband wireless infrastructure solutions, revealed on Thursday...
