Mauritania
French operator Orange set to connect the country's overlooked interior

Mauritania
Three firms vie for contract to build Mauritania's second submarine cable

Sonatel, the Senegalese subsidiary of French giant Orange, Mauritania Submarine Link Consortium and Ireland-based EllaLink are competing for the contract to build Mauritania’s second submarine cable link.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Burundi

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory CoastAmadou Martial Diallo, the youth card for billboard giant JCDecaux

MauritaniaSidi Mohamed Dhaker, already a central bank heavyweight

BurundiFabrice Kaburugutu, Burundi's representative on the global stage

Mauritania
EY and Cadmos go head-to-head over fibre broadband project

Mauritanian minister of digital transformation Mohamed Abdallahi Louly has invited a consortium of French consultancies to submit an offer for the provision of services to help extend the national broadband backbone.

Africa
Ex-Sonatel executives to take lead at Orange Africa

Management at the branch of French telecommunications operator Orange's activities in 17 African countries and Jordan, Orange Middle East and Africa, is about to undergo a major reshuffle.

Africa
War for control of Africa internet registry moves to US

AfriNIC, which manages the continent's IP address pool, has crossed swords with Hong Kong entrepreneur Lu Heng, who is suspected of selling addresses to non-African clients. His companies, Cloud Innovation and Larus, have hired an American law firm to represent them in the United States.

Ethiopia
Orange seeks to reconnect with Ethio Telecom

Between 2010 and 2013, the French telecoms giant tried to modernise Ethio Telecom. Now, as the state-owned company prepares to bring private-sector shareholders on board, Orange is hoping to set up a new deal with its former partner.

Cameroon
Albert Kouinche, deprived of Victor Fotso and battling Orange Money, fights for his group's survival

The founder of the Express Union money transfer service, Albert Kouinche, whom billionaire and fellow Bandjoun native Victor Fotso kept under his wing for many years, has been badly hit by competition from mobile money services.

Madagascar
India's Airtel determined to be part of optical fibre duopoly

Plans to bring a second operator on to the optical fibre market, which have been in preparation for many months, have given wings to Orange and Airtel.

Madagascar
Mamy Ravotomanga hooked up to Blueline's fibre?

Awaiting the sector's liberalisation, Orange and Airtel are concerned about Blueline's capital movements.