Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with revenues of 40.3 billion euros in 2024 and 127,000 employees worldwide at 31 December 2024, including 71,000 employees in France.
The Group has a total customer base of 291 million customers worldwide at 31 December 2024, including 253 million mobile customers and 22 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries.
Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business.
In February 2023, the Group presented its strategic plan « Lead the future », built on a new business model and guided by responsibility and efficiency. « Lead the future » capitalizes on network excellence to reinforce Orange's leadership in service quality.
Airtel was founded to provide global connectivity and unlock endless opportunities. Our organization embodies a unique blend of energy, innovation, creativity, dedication, scale, and ownership, all aimed at being limitless. At Airtel, we strive to go beyond our duties to create impactful solutions for our consumers.
Our team is highly skilled and constantly growing, actively developing infrastructure to introduce cutting-edge technologies like 5G, IoT, IQ, and Airtel Black. We have successfully launched 5G services in over 5,000 cities and towns nationwide, with 10 million unique customers on the 5G network nationally. Airtel Black is another convenient consumer service that provides combined billing for family and friends under a single bill. We also offer enterprise solutions, including national and international long-distance services for carriers. With a subscriber base exceeding 574 million as of 2023, we are committed to delivering effective products that contribute to the realization of a 'Digital India', enabling millions of individuals to connect and thrive for a brighter future.
Our presence spans 7,915 census and 802,577 non-census towns and villages, covering almost 96% of the country's population with 388,726 Rkms of optical fiber and an extensive distribution network of 1.2 million outlets. We've also implemented conservation initiatives that have saved 14,676 MWh of electricity, 4412 tonnes of paper through our e-bill initiatives, and recycled 3330 tonnes of e-waste.
At Airtel, we believe in taking early ownership, delivering quality, and experimenting with various career paths to boost our trajectories and gain valuable insights into the business, making us the best in the industry. We are committed to creating the ultimate experience for our consumers while maintaining an ecological balance in the world.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a public limited liability company, was established as a bank holding company in 1985 under a private sector initiative spearheaded by the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In the early 1980’s foreign and state-owned banks dominated the banking industry in West Africa. Commercial banks in West Africa owned and managed by the African private sector were a rarity. Its founders created ETI with the objective of filling this vacuum.
The Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce promoted and initiated a project to create a private, regional banking institution in West Africa. In 1984, Ecopromotions S.A. was incorporated. Its founding shareholders raised seed capital for feasibility studies and the promotional activities leading to the creation of ETI.
In October 1985, ETI was incorporated with authorised capital of US$100 million. The initial paid up capital of US$32 million was raised from over 1,500 individuals and institutions from West African countries. The largest shareholder was the ECOWAS Fund for Cooperation, Compensation and Development (ECOWAS Fund), the development finance arm of ECOWAS.
Ecobank signed a Headquarters’ Agreement with the Government of Togo in 1985, which granted it the status of an international organisation. This status came with the rights and privileges necessary for ETI to operate as a regional institution, including the status of a non-resident financial institution. ETI commenced operations with its first subsidiary in Togo in March 1988.