The Aga Ghan Launches Smart Telecom In Uganda As Orange Packs Up

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Abdellatif Bouziani, Smart Telecom Group CEO at the launch IMG:Redpepper Uganda
Abdellatif Bouziani, Smart Telecom Group CEO at the launch IMG:Redpepper Uganda
Abdellatif Bouziani, Smart Telecom Group CEO at the launch IMG:Redpepper Uganda

Amidst speculations that Orange is pulling out of the African market, a new telecom operator has launched in Uganda today, promising the cheapest calling rates and the best network service ever.

The promise could be true or not true but being part of the Aga Khan Foundation for Development, the telco might easily deploy its nationwide infrastructure withing months. Smart Telecom says it will only charge $0.03 (UGX 74) for Smart to Smart call compared to around $0.04(UGX 100) to 0.08 (UGX 200) by some of its competitors.

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According to the firm’s Group chief executive Abdellatif Bouzian, the firm will operate on the 074 code and is in the country for the long run and is not worried as others leave the market. More on this to come.

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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba
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