Orange Cyberdefense has partnered with Qevlar AI to integrate artificial intelligence into its threat monitoring systems, in a move that will help businesses detect and prevent cyber attacks faster.
The cybersecurity arm of the Orange Group, Africa’s second-largest telecoms operator with over 290 million subscribers across 18 countries, yesterday announced that it has joined forces with the French cybersecurity startup to fight one of the biggest threats to digital growth across the continent.
The collaboration integrates Qevlar’s advanced artificial intelligence solution with Orange Cyberdefense’s extensive Cyber Threat Intelligence database.
Frédéric Zink, Managing Director for France at Orange Cyberdefense said the goal is to boost real-time protection across Orange’s markets, including key African countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, and Egypt, where rapid digital transformation has made cyber resilience a national priority.
“By combining our intelligence database with Qevlar’s AI engine, we will detect and respond to cyber threats faster and more effectively. In a context of accelerating cyber threats, this partnership allows us to blend human expertise with artificial intelligence, a crucial step in protecting our customers and networks,” he said.
Orange Cyberdefense currently protects 50 000 companies in over 160 countries, making it one of the world’s largest managed cybersecurity providers.
Its 36 global detection centres, including those serving African operations, play a vital role in identifying sophisticated attacks that could compromise corporate and national infrastructure.
According to Ahmed Achchak, CEO of Qevlar AI, the integration of its platform will convert faster reactions into true preventive capability.
“Powered by Orange Cyberdefense’s intelligence base, our technology drives a step change: converting faster reactions into true preventive capability, serving thousands of companies across Europe and around the globe,” he added.
As cyberattacks grow more complex, targeting banks, telecoms, and government systems, Orange’s investment in AI-powered threat detection marks a significant step toward improving Africa’s cyber readiness.
The partnership is expected to help businesses and public institutions across the continent move from a reactive to a proactive cybersecurity posture.
“We can now detect threats more quickly and accurately, while focusing our analysts' expertise on the most complex and critical incidents,” said Zink.
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