COVID-19, 4G cost dominates North Africa’s digital landscape
Research by French telecommunications firm Orange reflects on emerging trends in the market.
Olusegun Ogundeji
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Africa’s first O3b mPOWER gateway to be deployed in Senegal
Orange, Sonatel and SES collaborate to deploy solution and enable what they believe will be unprecedented high-performance, low-latency connectivity.
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Orange partners Engie to solar up main datacentre
French telco signed an EaaS (Energy as a Service) contract with Engie to convert the GOS to solar power by installing a solar plant on rooftops and solar carports.
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Orange to implement new governing structure by January 2022
French telecommunications firm confirms resignation of Stéphane Richard.
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Fresh Liquid Orange mix offers new connectivity cocktail for Africa
Partnership will give Liquid access to Orange’s extensive network in West Africa, including the new Djoliba network.
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Orange unveils latest digital centre in Abidjan
Company advances on Engage 2025 strategy, including the creation of a centre in each country where it operates.
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Africa will also benefit from Orange Euro LTE-M tech deal
Swedish firm C Security Systems partners Orange to accelerate LTE-M trackers in Europe, but Africa also stands to benefit.
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YooMee takes on competitors for a share of Cameroon’s mobile money market
Company will go up against rivals MTN and Orange for market share.
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Orange partners Ericsson to boost pan-African Fintech interests
French telecommunications firm’s mobile money service facilitated more than €62-billion in transactions in 2020.
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SES Networks, Orange partner to help digitise maritime services
Satellite-based network services further enable rapid digitalisation for Orange merchant shipping customers.
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Orange MEA, AXA Assurance Maroc in acquisition deal to boost healthcare investment ambitions
Companies jointly acquire majority stake in DabaDoc e-health platform.
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Orange outlines plan to lead solar solution deployment in MEA
Telco wants to accelerate projects to achieve objective of meeting 50% of the Group’s electricity needs from renewable sources by 2025.