Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso debuts first 100% indigenous EV

Burkinabe engineers are in charge of both design and manufacturing.
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Jan 10, 2025

Luxembourg pledges to reduce Sahel's digital gap

Burkina Faso and Niger are the first to benefit from the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster's project.
1:30
Nov 1, 2024

Intelsat gets award for Burkina Faso infrastructure project

The company says the recognition underscores its commitment to providing innovative and reliable connectivity solutions.
1:40
Sep 19, 2024

Latin America's PayRetailers goes deeper into Africa

The company promises to provide a single, simple payment solution for cross-border online merchants looking at Africa as their next growth opportunity.
1:50
Jun 21, 2024

Orange Energies opens digital platform for energy companies

Orange Smart Energies says the platform is now open to energy producers in Africa and the Middle East and it guarantees payment via mobile money.
2:00
May 7, 2024

IBM taps AWS cloud to reach 18 African countries

In a deal with AWS, IBM has expanded software availability to 92 countries through the AWS Marketplace, including a plethora of nations across Africa.
1:20
Jun 2, 2023

Five African countries ‘backtrack’ on UN Internet pledge

Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Somalia, and Nigeria had a total of 16 internet shutdowns or restrictions after they committed to the 2021 UN resolution.
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May 24, 2017

Orange expands network in Burkina Faso

Telco confirms plans to lay 916km of fibre.
1:50
Jun 23, 2016

Orange acquires Airtel in Burkina Faso

Airtel is the second largest mobile operator in the West African country and is reported to have approximately 4.6 million customers.
1:40
Jan 14, 2016

Orange adds Airtel subsidiaries to acquisition tally

French telecommunications firm to acquire Airtel’s subsidiaries in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.
2:40
Nov 13, 2015

Burkina Faso links up to the Cloud

Cloud used to connect government with key sectors and regions.
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Jul 21, 2015

Orange looking to acquire Airtel's African subsidiaries

Negotiations underway regarding operations in four regions.