Orange launches its commercial 5G network in Botswana, the first Orange country in Africa to launch 5G technology – African Business

Orange Botswana is home to the first Orangewww.Orange.com) Affiliate in Africa to Launch 5G Commercially The 5G technology will enable new healthcare, education, and security services in the country.

Orange Botswana, the first Orange affiliate to launch 5G has a coverage area of 30% of the total population, including greater Gaborone & Francistown. Other cities will follow in the early 2023.

It follows the launch of Botswana’s first Orange Digital Centre this morning, which will help bridge the digital divide and prepare Batswana youth for employment in a blossoming digital ecosystem.

This 5G launch will further support innovation and digital inclusion in the country, putting Botswana at the forefront of 5G in Africa and is closely aligned with the government’s ambition to leverage Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) innovation towards transforming Botswana into a knowledge-based economy, leaving no-one behind.

5G’s ultra-high speed, low latency and high speed will enable new disruptive services like e-health and connected vehicles. It also supports real-time gaming and smart homes. It also allows for learning through VR/augmented reality. It opens up new possibilities for companies, innovators, and society in general.

Orange Botswana has partnered with MRI Botswana to create a “Connected Ambulance” project that will allow Doctors to guide Paramedics through life saving procedures on their way to hospitals. This telemedicine intervention can change lives and is possible only because of 5G. Orange Botswana looks forward to working with the government and enterprises to develop 5G-based use case.

Orange Botswana launches new fixed broadband services and mobile data packages for 5G. These offers are available to residential customers as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. They also include value added services. The fixed offers are available from15Mbps for Prepaid and from 20Mbps for Postpaid with a monthly rental from BWP 699 (€53 per month). Prepaid subscriptions are available through Orange Yame App (USSD), Card to Wallet and Card to Wallet.

After the first commercial launch in Botswana of 5G services, Orange Middle East and Africa will continue to work towards obtaining the most advanced technologies for all its MEA countries. This will increase the value of local economies and bridge the digital gap between African peoples.

In other countries, regulation boards still have not officially initiated the 5G licenses attribution process although many of them, such as in Cote d’Ivoire showed a clear will to make the 5G spectrum available in 2023. Meanwhile, Orange is collaborating with several regulatory bodies to help build a 5G deployment roadmap while testing the technology and developing use cases that fit with the local populations’ need.

Jerôme HENIQUE, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa, says: “The launch of 5G technology in Botswana will allow us to scale-up this technology and gain experience for other Orange countries across Africa. This technology has potential benefits and a positive impact. It will help promote Africa’s digital inclusion, resulting in socio-economic growth and job creation. It is also ensuring Africa’s skills development on digital management tools and is in line with the ambitions of the African Union “Digital Transformation for Africa (2022 – 2030)”. It begins here and now, in Botswana.”

Nene MAIGA CEO of Orange Botswana says: “At Orange Botswana, we are excited to be bringing in a new technology that will allow economic players to discover new possibilities enabled by 5G, and the way it could positively transform their daily activities. Businesses and the government have an amazing opportunity to use 5G connectivity to improve their operations. It is going to change how customers experience connectivity.”

Distributed by APO Group for Orange

Contact the Press:
Orange Botswana
Ratang Motladiile
[email protected]
+267 3693709

Mandisa Diako
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+267 3693788

Orange Middle East and Africa
Khadija Komara
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+33 6 76 45 96 18

Anita Oyono
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+33 6 75 02 03 79

About Orange Botswana
Orange Botswana has been providing mobile services to Botswana for over a decade. The company was originally known as Vista Cellular, but it was later rebranded to Orange in 2013. It is part the International Orange Group, which has 26 offices around the world.

Its primary goal is to provide mobile phone services, internet connectivity, as well as financial solutions via Orange Money. Orange Money is a mobile money service that expands its scope beyond mobile networks.

Orange Botswana’s strategy or ambition is to take market leadership in mobile and fixed broadband through an unmatched customer experience, becoming the preferred financial and multi services provider as well as a key player for innovation in digital inclusion recognized by the Government and Botswana.

About Orange Middle East & Africa:
Orange is present 18 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and has 142,000,000 customers at 30 September 2022. Orange MEA, with 6.4 billion euro in revenues in 2021 and Orange MEA being the first growth region in Orange Group, has a revenue of 6.4 trillion euros. Orange Money, its mobile-based money transfer and financial service offering, is available in 17 different countries and has over 70 million customers. Orange, a multi-services operator and key partner in the digital transformation, provides its expertise to assist with the development of new digital services for Africa and the Middle East.

About Orange
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 42.5 billion euros in 2021 and 136,500 employees worldwide at 30 September 2022, including 75,000 employees in France. The Group had 286 million customers worldwide as of 30 September 2022. This includes 240 million mobile customers and 24,000,000 fixed broadband customers. The Group is currently present in 26 countries. Orange Business Services, a global provider of IT and telecom services to multinational corporations, is also a leader in Orange. In December 2019, the Group presented its “Engage 2025” strategic plan, which, guided by social and environmental accountability, aims to reinvent its operator model. The Group will be an attractive employer that is responsible and adaptable to emerging professions, while accelerating in growth areas.

Orange is listed at Euronext Paris (symbol OrA) and New York Stock Exchange (symbol OSA).

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