Elisabeth Medou-Badang, CEO, Orange Botswana on the value proposition
Elisabeth Medou-Badang, Chief Executive Officer, Orange Botswana, talks to James Middleton about the unique dynamics of the Botswanan mobile market, where penetration is already at 150 per cent and ARPU is one of the highest in Africa.
Social network Facebook is expanding its reach into the emerging markets through a partnership with France Telecom owned Orange in Africa.
Russian carrier VimpelCom said Monday it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its lucrative Algerian unit, Djezzy, to the Algerian state for an undisclosed sum.
If mobile government services in Africa are to be more sustainable than previous e-government initiatives, they must benefit all stakeholders. Today, the business model is uncertain. To put it bluntly, governments have limited budgets and the end users with most to gain from mobile government are often living in poverty in remote rural areas. As a result, telecom operators anticipate only modest, if any, return for providing low-cost connectivity and backhaul for these services.
According to the E-Government Survey published by the UN in 2010, although African countries generally lag behind other markets in the rankings of e-government implementation, there has been improvement in the region since the 2008 survey, particularly in northern Africa. Tunisia and Egypt were two of the highest-ranked countries in Africa alongside Mauritius, South Africa and Seychelles.
Ahead of the Broadband Middle and East and Africa conference, taking place on the 25-27th March 2012 at the Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina, in Dubai, UAE, we speak to the UN Special Advisor for Africa, High Representative Cheick Sidi Diarra.
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