In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the mobile network service provider Orange has reduced prices of its products and services in Cameroon. At the time of going to print, Cameroon had registered 56 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, as of the 23rd of March 2020, according to Dr Manaouda Malachie, the country’s Minister of...
Orange Morocco has announced the launch of Orange Money in the kingdom, having secured approval from the Bank Al Maghrib, the North African country’s central bank. Morocco becomes the 18th country within the MEA region to offer the solution and means locals can make mobile payments and transfer money using their phones. Orange’s value proposition...
The National Telecommunications Company (Sonatel) of Senegal, a subsidiary of the French telecoms group Orange, recorded revenue of 1,086.6 billion FCFA in 2019, up by 64.6 billion FCFA compared to to 2018. Despite a tense business environment in these different markets – political and economic crisis in Bissau, precarious security context in northern Mali, political...
The mobile operator Orange has announced the adoption of the O3b mPOWER, the next generation medium-orbit (MEO) satellite communication system from the satellite telecom service provider SES. Through this solution, which will provide several terabits of speed to stimulate digital transformation and the adoption of the cloud, which will be operational in 2022, the French...
Orange reported improved growth figures for the fourth quarter. Group revenues grew 1.1 percent on a comparable basis to EUR 11.1 billion, compared to 0.8 percent in the previous quarter, thanks strong momentum in Africa and the Middle East and an improved performance in France. EBITDAaL was up 1.3 percent on the same basis to EUR...
Press release – 3rd February 2020 Orange Group Confirm Sponsorship of 18th annual IAD Summit- Ethiopia Orange Group have confirmed their support for this year’s Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit at the Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia. Orange senior executives will join an impressive line-up of top executives speaking at the summit and will share their insights...
Orange Egypt has announced it has signed a US$135-million agreement to build and operate the datacentre and cloud computing platform for Egypt’s New Administrative Capital project. The large-scale project to establish the proposed new capital of Egypt has been in operation and under construction since 2015. It was first announced by then-Egyptian housing minister Moustafa...
Two leading telecoms operators – France’s Orange and Kenya’s Safaricom – have publicly announced their bids to acquire one of two licences which Ethiopia plans to grant by the end of March 2020. However, South Africa’s MTN has not necessarily said its last word. Orange, led in the Middle East and Africa by Senegalese national...
Orange’s Chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard expressed caution about Ethiopia’s ability to quickly privatise its telecom sector. While confirming his interest in the Ethiopian market through a potential equity investment in Ethio Telecom, Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of the French operator Orange, finds the prospect of acquiring one of the two new licences – to...
Telecoms group Orange has announced the completion of its exit from Niger with the transfer of its stake in Orange Niger to Zamani Com SAS which is wholly owned by Mohamed Rissa of Rimbo Invest and Moctar Thiam of Greenline Communications. Prior to the sale, Zamani Com SAS held a minority stake in Orange Niger,...
