Top Telecommunications and Mobile Operators in Ivory Coast
The telecommunications sector in Ivory Coast is a very dynamic one. Although two operators (Koz and GreenN) recently withdrew from the market, the latest grew from 25.4 to 27.5 million SIM cards between 2015 and 2016, representing an increase of 8.3%.
Ivory Coast’s
Telecommunications and Mobile Operators
The telecommunications sector in Ivory Coast is a very dynamic one. Although during Q1 2016 two operators (Koz and GreenN) withdrew from the market, between 2015 and late September 2016, the mobile market grew from 25.4 to 27.5 million SIM cards, an increase of 8.3%. At the same time, the penetration rate increased significantly to 113.2%, notably following the expansion in the number of consumers with multiple SIM cards and the number of abundance offers, as well as falling communication prices and handset costs.
| Rank | Company |
Turnover (in millions of dollars)
|
Net profit (in millions of dollars)
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
697,5
|
74,8
|
2016 was marked by a stronger competition, both in voice offers and mobile data offers. Within this context, Orange Ivory Coast successfully improved its market share, which stood at 45.2% at the end of 2016 (compared with 42.5% at the end of 2015), therefore consolidating its first place before MTN. This performance not only results from an active acquisition strategy, but also from the segmentation and differentiation of offers, including those developed around mobile data services. | |
| 2 |
416,7
|
N/A
|
Established in Ivory Coast on July 1, 2005, the telecommunications company has established a strong presence not only in the country, but in West Africa as a whole. MTN Côte d’Ivoire is a global operator and provider of fixed, mobile and high-speed internet, providing 223 million people in 22 countries across Africa and the Middle East. It employes over 750 people to carry out the daily tasks of offering innovative solutions related to mobile and internet services. In Ivory Coast alone, there are 9 million subscribers with a distribution network of more than 65,000 outlets spread across the country. | |
| 3 |
Côte d’Ivoire Telecom |
304,7
|
11,5
|
Côte d’Ivoire Telecom provides fixed line telecommunication services. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. |
| 4 |
Atlantique Telecom Group (Moov Côte d’Ivoire) |
184,6
|
-33
|
Atlantique Telecom Group is a subsidiary of Etisalat (Emirates Telecommunications Corporation), the leading provider of telecommunications in the UAE. Its brand “Moov” operates in several countries in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Central African Republic, Niger and Togo. |