Once more, the subscribers of the mobile telephone operator Orange are experiencing bad quality of service. For a week now in Yaoundé, it is difficult to call, voice communication is unsteady, one has to keep trying to send one text message. Subscribers to the Mobile Money service can neither pay their bills, nor withdraw money. The USSD code is not available, one can read in the message...

Petroceltic International PLC, having in its portfolio oil and gas assets in North Africa, launched a call for tenders on 19 August for the supply of engineering, supply and construction services in connection with its Ain Tsila gas and condensate development project in Algeria. The notice was sent to the shortlist of 4 competitors being Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co, the GS...

Wood Group, an engineering and services company specialised in oil projects from offshore operations to refinery, has landed a multi-million dollar contract with the giant Anglo-Dutch Shell in Gabon offshore. The contract takes immediate effect and should offer job opportunities to about 200 Gabonese, we learn from Wood Group which boasts of over 40 years of experience working with Shell. The...

Andy Gent is categorical. Between 12 and 13 August 2015, Revector, his company specialised in detecting GSM frauds throughout the world, made a thousand test-calls in Cameroon. "700 calls were made with sim cards from operators Orange and MTN. 65% of these calls were done illegally", he confided to the private Cameroonian daily Mutations, which reported the conclusions of a forum on frauds...

"The country is in danger, the whole economy could collapse. There are definitely other unexpected events, due to the regional issues. I want to minimise damages at Telnet. We do not know where the country is going, may God protect us". It is in those terms that Mohamed Frikha (photo), Tunisian politician and businessman, ended his speech on 30 June 2015, during the stormy general meeting of...

It seems that the Mozambican government has abandoned the idea of releasing its 26% shares in the mobile telephone operator Mozambique Cellular (MCEL). The company is part of a group of companies from which the state was planning to exit, for lack of strategic nature because they were not part of its yearly and 5-year plans, or because the shares were too small. The option finally chosen for MCEL...

The Vietnamese telecom group Viettel, operating in Burundi since March 2015 under the Lumitel flagship, announces having already reached one million subscribers after only four months of operation. In May, two months after starting operations, Tao Duc Thang, Vice-Director of the company, indicated that it already had 800,000 subscribers. A dynamism which demonstrates the great need still felt by...

The mobile telephone operator Moov Gabon continues in its quest for innovation with a new service called "Moov web2sms". According to explanations from the company, "Moov web2sms" allows the user to click and send up to 10,000 SMS at the same time. "It is a Moov service which brings flexibility and efficiency to to your communication needs. With a single click on your computer you can inform...

In Congo, Malaysian investors are planning an investment of FCfa 350 billion in a food industry project. Out of this amount, FCfa 50 billion have already been invested in the production of palm oil and margarine, indicated Willy Etoka (photo), president of the Eco-Oil Energie group whose company is leading this project. The Congolese leader in the palm oil sector, which already exploits some...

During his speech to the nation, for the 55th anniversary of the independence of Gabon, the head of state announced several decisions including the creation of a National Council of Traditional Chieftaincies of Gabon, and above all, the transfer of his part of the inheritance from his father to a foundation for youth and education. "Given the numerous difficulties, accentuated by very...