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Sonatel

Logo: Sonatel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Telecommunications provider in Senegal

Sonatel (Société Nationale des Télécommunications du Senegal) is the principal telecommunications provider of Senegal. The company was created by Djibo Leyti Ka, when he was Ministry of Telecommunications in 1985 to provide Senegal with its own telecommunications industry, with Ndaly Ndiaye. The company is active in fixed line telephony, mobile telephony, internet service, television and corporate telecommunications.2 It was founded by Alassane Dialy Ndiaye and Djibo Leyti Kâ.1 It is headquartered in Dakar.1 It is part of Orange.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersDakar1
  • Websitewww.orange-bissau.com
  • Legal formpublic company1

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Sonatel (Société Nationale des Télécommunications du Senegal) is the principal telecommunications provider of Senegal. The company was created by Djibo Leyti Ka, when he was Ministry of Telecommunications in 1985 to provide Senegal with its own telecommunications industry, with Ndaly Ndiaye. The company is active in fixed line telephony, mobile telephony, internet service, television and corporate telecommunications. The company is involved in the construction of fiber optics networks in Africa and manages 2,200 kilometers of fiber cable in Senegal.2

Corporate structure

Sonatel is part of a group headed by Orange. 114 entities, 33 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Orange Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
    • ATLAS SERVICES BELGIUM Evere, Belgium
    • Globecast Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
    • MásOrange Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
      • Euskaltel Derio, Spain
        • R Subsidiary · A Coruña
        • Telecable Subsidiary
        • R CABLE Y TELECABLE TELECOMUNICACIONES, S.A.U. Subsidiary · Coruña, A, Spain
      • Grupo MásMóvil Subsidiary
      • KAIXO BONDCO TELECOM, S.A. Subsidiary · Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
      • KAIXO TELECOM, S.A. Subsidiary · Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
      • LORCA TELECOM BIDCO, S.L Subsidiary · Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
      • MASBUSINESS FTTH S.L. Subsidiary · Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
      • MASBUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURES, S.L. Subsidiary · Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
      • MASMOVIL IBERCOM, S.A. Subsidiary · Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
      • MASORANGE TELECOM BONDCO SA Subsidiary · Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
      • XFERA MOVILES SA Subsidiary · Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    • Orange Cyberdefense Nanterre, France
    • Orange España Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    • ORANGE PARTICIPATIONS OBK Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
    • Orange Polska Warszawa, Poland
      • Orange Nieruchomości Subsidiary · Warsaw, Poland
      • INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
      • ORANGE SZKOLENIA SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA (ORANGE SZKOLENIA SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ) Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
      • PRACOWNICZE TOWARZYSTWO EMERYTALNE ORANGE POLSKA SPOLKA AKCYJNA Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
      • SWIATLOWOD INWESTYCJE SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
    • Orange Romania Bucharest, Romania
      • NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS SRL Subsidiary · 100% · București, Sectorul 1, Romania
    • Sonatel Dakar
    • Orange Côte d'Ivoire Subsidiary · 85% · Abidjan, Ivory Coast
    • Orange Tunisia Subsidiary · 49% · Tunis
    • Orange Morocco Subsidiary · 40% · Casablanca
    • Fnac Mobile Subsidiary
    • Jazztel Subsidiary
    • Mauritius Telecom Subsidiary · Port Louis
    • Mobistar Subsidiary · Evere
    • Nordnet Subsidiary · Hem, France
    • Oleane Subsidiary
    • Orange Antilles-Guyane Subsidiary · Arcueil, France
    • Orange Bank Subsidiary · Montreuil, France
    • Orange Belgium Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
    • Orange Business Subsidiary · Paris
    • Orange Cameroon Subsidiary · Douala, Cameroon
    • Orange Centrafrique Subsidiary · Bangui, Central African Republic
    • Orange DRC Subsidiary · Kinshasa
    • and 50 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Sonatel reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Alassane Dialy Ndiaye and Djibo Leyti Kâ in 1985.1

Leadership

Who has led Sonatel, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1985Founded Founded1

Sources

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