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Africell becomes Angola’s fourth mobile operator

Africell becomes Angola’s fourth mobile operator
Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:19

The telecom company Africell Holding SAL was finally awarded, on 19 May 2020, Angola's fourth mobile license, which is moreover a unified global license.

Last March, the investor, who had successfully passed the qualification phase instituted by the Angolan government, was invited by the inter-ministerial working group - made up of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology and the Minister of Economy and Planning - to present its technical and financial offer.

However, at the launch of the telecoms resource allocation process, several telecoms operators - including MTN, Orange, Maroc Telecom, and Vodafone - had expressed their interest. But only Africell followed through on its interest by making its bid official.

As a reminder, the 4th license was previously held by Telstar but President Joao Lourenço terminated this agreement in April 2019 as the company failed to comply with certain procedures inherent in the operation.

Africell Holding SAL already operates in the Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Ziad Dalloul, the company's founder and CEO, sees Angola as a market with high potential.

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