One year after the dispute between the SAGA Africa Holdings Limited consortium and the Wari group over its sale, Tigo, Senegal's second-largest mobile operator, is changing its name to Free Senegal. The news was announced during the brand's 20th anniversary celebrations and made official on the operator's Twitter account and...
Ivory Coast: Orange invests 180 billion CFA francs to roll out its 4G network
Orange Côte d'Ivoire, a subsidiary of the French group, is marking a new stage in the rollout of its services in Côte d'Ivoire. The operator plans to invest 181 billion CFA francs to strengthen the deployment of its 4G network in Côte d'Ivoire, thereby improving the quality of its services...
South African telecoms company MTN expands into digital
With 233 million users in Africa in 2018, the MTN Group continues to roll out its services in the 21 countries on the continent where it operates. Since March, the South African telecoms company has been making a series of announcements, gradually revealing its ambitions for 2019. On March 4,...
Burkina Faso: Orange obtains the first 4G license
On January 15, the Orange Group subsidiary in Burkina Faso announced that it had obtained the country's first 4G license. The telecoms operator signed this new agreement for 40 billion CFA francs and for a period of 15 years. In the same vein, Orange Burkina has also renewed its 2G...