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FAST Congo and GVA sign fiber capacity agreement

FAST Congo and GVA sign fiber capacity agreement

At the Africa Digital Expo in Kinshasa today Fast Congo, a subsidiary of the pan-African operator the Paratus Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with GVA (Group Vivendi Africa) to provide fiber capacity between Muanda and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  This will give GVA the capacity, scalability, and flexibility it needs to service more customers with high-speed and secure internet services. 

The contract also gives GVA rights to use and access facilities that are operated and maintained by Fast Congo. GVA requires high-speed and high-capacity bandwidth offered by the fiber route that Fast Congo operates and maintains. This means that GVA can offer high-speed and reliable internet services that are both cost-effective and secure.

Fast Congo was founded by Paratus Group when they were awarded the 15-year government tender to activate the 620-kilometre fiber optic network link between Muanda, on the West Coast, to the DRC capital, Kinshasa.   Managing Director of Fast Congo, Francois-Xavier Kabemba says: โ€œThis is a ground-breaking deal and one that will open the way for many more customers of GVA to enjoy high-speed and secure internet connectivity. We are proud to collaborate with one of the DRCโ€™s major internet service providers by supplying GVA with the capacity and infrastructure it needs to further expand and grow its business. The agreement also aligns with our overriding strategy to transform Africa through exceptional digital infrastructure and service.  We look forward to a mutually rewarding business relationship.โ€ Speaking at the Africa Digital Expo, CEO of GVA, Moktar Tabouri said: โ€œThrough our partnership with FAST Congo and Paratus Group, we can not only offer more customers more capacity at a lower cost, but we also have the option to extend these services and links across the globe.  Because we have not had to invest in the fiber infrastructure, our pricing is more competitive, and our offering of internet services is unequalled in the region. These are exciting times not only for our business but also for the telecommunications industry in the DRC.โ€


Lors de lโ€™Africa Digital Expo qui sโ€™est tenu ce jour ร  Kinshasa, Fast Congo, une filiale de lโ€™opรฉrateur panafricain groupe Paratus en Rรฉpublique dรฉmocratique du Congo (RDC), a annoncรฉ la signature dโ€™un accord ร  long terme avec CANALBOX โ€“ GVA RDC, filiale du Group Vivendi Africa, aux fins de la fourniture dโ€™une capacitรฉ de fibre optique entre Muanda et Kinshasa en RDC. CANALBOX โ€“ GVA RDC disposera ainsi de la capacitรฉ, de lโ€™รฉvolutivitรฉ et de la flexibilitรฉ nรฉcessaires pour fournir ร  un plus grand nombre de clients des services internet ร  Trรจs Haut Dรฉbit et sรฉcurisรฉs.

FAST CONGO a รฉtรฉ fondรฉe par le groupe Paratus lorsquโ€™il a remportรฉ lโ€™appel dโ€™offres dโ€™une durรฉe de 15 ans lancรฉ par le gouvernement et visant ร  activer le rรฉseau de fibre optique de 620 kilomรจtres entre Muanda, sur la cรดte ouest, et Kinshasa, la capitale de la RDC. Franรงois-Xavier Kabemba, Directeur Gรฉnรฉral de FAST CONGO, a dรฉclarรฉ : โ€œIl sโ€™agit dโ€™un accord novateur qui permettra ร  de nombreux clients de CANALBOX โ€“ GVA RDC de bรฉnรฉficier dโ€™une connectivitรฉ Internet ร  Trรจs Haut Dรฉbit et sรฉcurisรฉe. Nous sommes fiers de collaborer avec lโ€™un des principaux prestataires de services internet de la RDC en fournissant ร  CANALBOX โ€“ GVA RDC la capacitรฉ et lโ€™infrastructure dont elle a besoin pour poursuivre son expansion et dรฉvelopper ses activitรฉs. Cet accord sโ€™inscrit รฉgalement dans le cadre de notre stratรฉgie principale, qui consiste ร  transformer lโ€™Afrique grรขce ร  des infrastructures et des services numรฉriques dโ€™exception. Nous nous rรฉjouissons dโ€™avance de la relation dโ€™affaires mutuellement enrichissante entre les deux parties.โ€

Lors de lโ€™Africa Digital Expo, Moktar Tabouri, Directeur Gรฉnรฉral de CANALBOX โ€“ GVA RDC, a dรฉclarรฉ : โ€œDepuis son lancement en dรฉcembre 2021, CANALBOX โ€“ GVA RDC se mobilise pour participer activement ร  la transformation de la RDC en Hub digital et permet ร  de nombreux foyers et entreprises des villes de Kinshasa et Goma dโ€™รชtre รฉligibles aux diffรฉrents services internet ร  Trรจs Haut Dรฉbit, commercialisรฉs sous la marque CANALBOX. Ce partenariat reprรฉsente un jalon historique dans le dรฉveloppement de lโ€™accรจs ร  la connectivitรฉ haut dรฉbit en RDCโ€

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