Orange to Roll Out Solar Project Targeting African Consumers
- Orange to distribute solar kits in four African countries
- Paris-based company expands mobile-payment system this year
Photographer: Yuzuru Yoshikawa/Bloomberg
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Orange SA plans to distribute as many as 20,000 solar kits in four African countries in partnership with U.K.-based renewable-energy firm BBOXX as an increasing number of companies seek to roll out off-grid solar power on the continent.
Paris-based Orange is in talks with investors to expand its solar project in the coming years after its start in Madagascar, Senegal, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bruno Mettling, chief executive officer for Africa and the Middle East, told a conference on Tuesday.