MainOne, Orange ink deal to boost internet in West Africa

France-based company, Orange and leading West African connectivity and data centre services provider, MainOne have struck a partnership that will see them co-invest in two new cable landing stations in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. The broadband infrastructure provider will provide additional capacity via its 7000km cable system from Europe to Africa with landing […]

France-based company, Orange and leading West African connectivity and data centre services provider, MainOne have struck a partnership that will see them co-invest in two new cable landing stations in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

The broadband infrastructure provider will provide additional capacity via its 7000km cable system from Europe to Africa with landing stations in Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal, reinforcing the position of both companies in the African telecommunications ecosystem.

Several countries in West Africa will benefit from better connectivity, lower prices and access to new services, the company said in a statement.

Orange will benefit from multiple terabits per second of additional bandwidth for the development of fixed and mobile data in Africa to meet the increasing demands for Internet access via 3G and 4G network.

According to the Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Funke Opeke, the partnership underscored the company’s vision for a better connected region.

Speaking on the strategic deal, Chief Executive Officer of Orange Middle East and Africa, Alioune Ndiaye, said “The development of new digital services in Africa has fostered huge social and economic developments over the past few years.”