Orange Opens Africa, Middle East Hub in Morocco

French telecom giant Orange this week inaugurated an operational head office in Morocco to transfer operational management of its African and Middle Eastern activities from Paris to Casablanca.

The new headquarters is located in Casablanca Finance City Tower (CFC) in the heart of Casablanca.

In Africa and the Middle East, Orange is benefiting from strong growth in mobile services, driven in particular by 4G and Orange Money, its mobile money transfer and payment service.

“Orange is one of the rare international groups to have made the strategic choice, 20 years ago, to seek to develop in Africa and the Middle East. We have always been convinced of the immense potential of this continent”, Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange said.

With an average annual growth rate of 6%, Orange MEA has demonstrated that its economic and financial model is robust, making it the leading region in terms of growth in the Orange Group.

The French operator is present in 18 countries in Africa and the Middle East, where it had 125 million customers as of October 2019 and 18,000 employees.
The new, hi-tech headquarters of Orange Middle East and Africa reflects Orange’s aim of being the leader in its markets by being closer to its customers, the group said in a statement.

Orange plans to reinforce its multi-services strategy so that diversified services represent 20% of the business by the end of the 2025 plan period.
Last year, the group opened its CyberDefense hub in Morocco to further strengthen its international development. The hub offers protective and surveillance services with a CyberSoc and a CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team).

With more than 1,300 employees spread across France and worldwide, Orange Cyberdefense supports public and private organizations to develop, implement and manage cybersecurity strategies.