Zain Group is a leading provider of innovative ICT technologies & digital lifestyle communications operating in 8 markets across the Middle East & Africa, serving 51.2 million active customers as of 31 March 2026. Zain provides mobile voice, data and B2B services in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. Headquartered in the UAE, ZainTECH, the Group’s one-stop digital and ICT solutions provider, is playing a key role in the digital transformation of enterprise and government clientele across the MENA region. Also UAE based, Zain Omantel International (ZOI) is revolutionizing the international telecommunications wholesale landscape as the premier wholesale powerhouse serving regional operators, international carriers, and global hyperscalers. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Boursa Kuwait (stock ticker: ZAIN). We recommend the Investor Community to download the “Zain Group Investor Relations” Mobile App. For more, please email info@zain.com
Telecommunications began in Sudan in 1859, using wired communications in Swakin town on the Red Sea coast, eastern Sudan; it was there that Britain established a line to link the Sudan to its other colonized countries in Central and Northern Africa.
Sudatel was established on 13th September 1993, Operations began on 1st February 1994.
Sudatel is a publicly traded company with 893,915,388 shares (at the end of 2008), $2.5 Billion Authorized Capital, $893,915.388 Paid Capital and more than 10,000 shareholders.