Orange introduces cross-border network to cover 8 African countries
Orange, one of the leading telecom companies with presence in 8 African countries, has announced the commissioning and commercial launch of a cross-border network, Djoliba. The initiative was introduced at the ongoing Djoliba press conference, and the first pan-African Virtual AfricaTech Festival.
With more than 10,000 km of terrestrial fibre optic network, 10,000 km of undersea cables, high-speed Internet access (up to 100 Gbit/s) and a 99.99% availability rate, Djibola prides itself to be the first to offer complete security in West Africa.
Orange aims to ensure that Africans’ demand for quality, consistent and coherent connectivity is met. Djoliba covers the capitals of Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Senegal. Its maintenance and operation will be in Dakar, Senegal.
In his statement, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Orange Middle East and Africa, Alioune Ndiaye, projected the effort and commitment of Orange to ensuring the betterment of Africans and commended members of staff that worked on the Djoliba project.
“Orange is actively contributing to the development of undersea and terrestrial infrastructure to facilitate the African continent’s digital transformation, by investing 1 billion euros each year. With Djoliba, local populations will be able to access healthcare or educational services more easily, as well as the applications offered by cloud computing.
“Development of access to digital technology is a key challenge for Africa and I would like to congratulate our teams in all the countries for their remarkable work that has enabled the Djoliba project to come to fruition,” he stated.
Jérôme Barré, CEO Orange Wholesale & International Networks, sees the introduction of Djoliba as the evidence of Orange’s place of pride in the international environment and stressed on its benefits to West Africans.
In his words: “With Djoliba, Orange is once again confirming its expertise and leadership in the deployment and operation of international terrestrial and undersea networks. Consequently, all the operators, companies, and institutions in West Africa now benefit from seamless connectivity that is open to the whole world; thanks to a single customer point of contact and unparalleled service availability.”
Orange is a French Telecommunication company, it boasts of over 120 million customers in 18 African countries.
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