Sonatel
64 Voie de Dégagement Nord (VDN), Cité Keur Gorgui, Dakar, Senegal
Overview
The Sonatel group offers global telecommunications solutions in the fields of fixed, mobile, Internet, television and data serving individuals and businesses. Leader in Senegal, present in Mali since 2002, in Guinea Conakry and Guinea Bissau since 2007, Sonatel is the global and sub-regional operator of reference. Sonatel has built a modern network, fully digitized by transmission loops and international connections using high-speed optical fiber submarine cables. Sonatel has one of Africa's largest Internet bandwidths of 6.5 Gbps. Sonatel is a structuring company for the economy of his country and has made Senegal a hub of traffic and a major player in the development of telecommunications in Africa and in the world. Through its Orange brand, the Sonatel Group provides its millions of consumers with the best opportunities for convergence between mobile, internet and television technologies.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
- Internet
- Telecommunications
Investment portfolio
- Socium
Participated · Seed · Nov 2024
Founded in 2021 by Samba Lo and Serigne Seye, Socium began as a recruitment website and has since expanded into a global HR platform serving Francophone Africa. The product enables clients to recruit, run payroll, manage time and performance, and automate mundane HR tasks. Socium built a payroll engine that handles the region’s complex calculations and claims it can launch in a new country within two weeks, faster than foreign-based solutions. The platform uses AI to score and match CVs to job offers and to aid in writing job descriptions. Socium says it has over 100 active clients across 10 industries and 15 countries and is leveraging a first-mover advantage in Francophone Africa. Future plans include continued expansion across the 21 Francophone African countries and integration with tax agencies to automate tax and regulatory filings.