Sonatel CEO Sékou Dramé and Romuald Wadagni discuss management of SBIN
According to Jeune Afrique Business + sources, the Senegalese operator, a subsidiary of the Orange group, has been in discussions since the end of last year with the Benin authorities to take over the management of the Beninese Society of Digital Infrastructures (SBIN).
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▪ Sonatel CEO Sékou Dramé and Romuald Wadagni discuss management of SBIN
▪ According to Jeune Afrique Business + sources, the Senegalese operator, a subsidiary of the Orange group, has been in discussions since the end of last year with the Benin authorities to take over the management of the Beninese Society of Digital Infrastructures (SBIN).
▪ https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/806963/sonatel-ceo-sekou-drame-and-romuald-wadagni-discuss-management-of-sbin/
Sonatel Groupe CEO Sékou Dramé went to Cotonou in January to launch the negotiations. Benin’s Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni, who manages this project, unsuccessfully called for tenders in May 2020. According to a source interviewed by Jeune Afrique Business+, the three shortlisted candidates—the Malagasy Axian, a subsidiary of the Indian Tata—and Sofrecom, a subsidiary of Orange—were deemed too expensive.
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