Digital skills: Orange inaugurates its 15th data center in Kinshasa
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2025 9:45 am
Orange is inaugurating the 15th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to train young people in digital technology, strengthen their employability, and encourage innovative entrepreneurship. With a surface area of 590 m², it brings together the Orange Group's four strategic programs.
Orange officially opened the 15th Orange Digital Center in Kinshasa on March 4, an ecosystem entirely dedicated to the development of digital skills and innovation, in the presence of senior Congolese political and academic authorities, members of the Orange DRC Management Board, members of the Orange Africa and Middle East Management Committee and the Orange Group Executive Committee.
After Tunisia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Madagascar, Morocco, Liberia, Botswana, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the 15th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East is being inaugurated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
With a surface area of 590 m2, it brings together the Orange Group's four strategic programs, namely: a Code School (digital academy), a FabLab Solidaire digital manufacturing workshop, an Orange Fab start-up accelerator, as well as Orange Ventures Middle East and Africa, the Orange Group's investment fund which invests in the most promising start-ups.
All of these programs are free and open to all. They range from practical digital training for young people to supporting project leaders, and accelerating and investing in startups.
Operating as a network, the Orange Digital Centers enable an exchange of experiences and expertise from one country to another while offering a simple and inclusive approach to strengthening the employability of young people, encouraging innovative entrepreneurship and promoting the local digital fabric.
Officially launched today, the Orange taiyuan mobile number database Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already operational, hosting several training courses and digital events; to date, more than 1,700 learners have been trained. In addition, Orange DRC, in partnership with universities, will train students free of charge and deploy Orange Digital Center Clubs, extensions of the Orange Digital Center in the regions, in certain universities in the regions. This aims to complete the system to offer as many people as possible access to new technologies and help them use them fully. The cities selected for these deployments are Kananga, Lubumbashi, and Matadi in the second half of 2023.
Orange is committed to achieving its vision of fostering youth employability while supporting the country's sustainable growth and digital transformation agenda. The program is also designed to advance gender equality and inclusion by promoting access to ICT jobs for women and girls.
Because digital technology must be an opportunity for all, this initiative is fully in line with the vision of the Head of State, His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, translated into the National Digital Plan in its project 22 "creation of technology parks, cyberlabs, tele-centers, and other media libraries... for the digital economy" and responds, in accordance with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to 6 sustainable development goals: (SDG 4) quality education, (SDG 5) gender equality, (SDG 8) decent work and economic growth, (SDG 9) industry, innovation and infrastructure, (SDG 10) reduced inequalities and (SDG 17) partnership for the achievement of the goals.
Jérôme Hénique, CEO of Orange Africa and the Middle East, said: "I am delighted to be in Kinshasa for the launch of our 15th Orange Digital Center, which is part of a network of 25 Orange Digital Centers that will be deployed not only in Africa and the Middle East, but also in Europe by the end of 2023. The objective is to democratize access to digital technology for young people, with or without qualifications. We want them to participate in the digital transformation of their country by encouraging them to become entrepreneurs, to create local digital content and services, and thus to develop the digital economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo."
Elizabeth Tchoungui, Executive Director in charge of corporate social responsibility at the Orange Group, said: "This wonderful project is a key step in our corporate social responsibility towards digital inclusion, particularly for young people and women. The FabLab Solidaire, a structuring program of the Orange Foundation, is an essential building block and allows beneficiaries who are far removed from digital technology to reconnect with the professional world: the start of a wonderful journey that involves the development of technical skills and can, thanks to the complementarity of the programs deployed, lead to the creation of businesses."
Orange officially opened the 15th Orange Digital Center in Kinshasa on March 4, an ecosystem entirely dedicated to the development of digital skills and innovation, in the presence of senior Congolese political and academic authorities, members of the Orange DRC Management Board, members of the Orange Africa and Middle East Management Committee and the Orange Group Executive Committee.
After Tunisia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Madagascar, Morocco, Liberia, Botswana, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the 15th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East is being inaugurated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
With a surface area of 590 m2, it brings together the Orange Group's four strategic programs, namely: a Code School (digital academy), a FabLab Solidaire digital manufacturing workshop, an Orange Fab start-up accelerator, as well as Orange Ventures Middle East and Africa, the Orange Group's investment fund which invests in the most promising start-ups.
All of these programs are free and open to all. They range from practical digital training for young people to supporting project leaders, and accelerating and investing in startups.
Operating as a network, the Orange Digital Centers enable an exchange of experiences and expertise from one country to another while offering a simple and inclusive approach to strengthening the employability of young people, encouraging innovative entrepreneurship and promoting the local digital fabric.
Officially launched today, the Orange taiyuan mobile number database Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already operational, hosting several training courses and digital events; to date, more than 1,700 learners have been trained. In addition, Orange DRC, in partnership with universities, will train students free of charge and deploy Orange Digital Center Clubs, extensions of the Orange Digital Center in the regions, in certain universities in the regions. This aims to complete the system to offer as many people as possible access to new technologies and help them use them fully. The cities selected for these deployments are Kananga, Lubumbashi, and Matadi in the second half of 2023.
Orange is committed to achieving its vision of fostering youth employability while supporting the country's sustainable growth and digital transformation agenda. The program is also designed to advance gender equality and inclusion by promoting access to ICT jobs for women and girls.
Because digital technology must be an opportunity for all, this initiative is fully in line with the vision of the Head of State, His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, translated into the National Digital Plan in its project 22 "creation of technology parks, cyberlabs, tele-centers, and other media libraries... for the digital economy" and responds, in accordance with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to 6 sustainable development goals: (SDG 4) quality education, (SDG 5) gender equality, (SDG 8) decent work and economic growth, (SDG 9) industry, innovation and infrastructure, (SDG 10) reduced inequalities and (SDG 17) partnership for the achievement of the goals.
Jérôme Hénique, CEO of Orange Africa and the Middle East, said: "I am delighted to be in Kinshasa for the launch of our 15th Orange Digital Center, which is part of a network of 25 Orange Digital Centers that will be deployed not only in Africa and the Middle East, but also in Europe by the end of 2023. The objective is to democratize access to digital technology for young people, with or without qualifications. We want them to participate in the digital transformation of their country by encouraging them to become entrepreneurs, to create local digital content and services, and thus to develop the digital economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo."
Elizabeth Tchoungui, Executive Director in charge of corporate social responsibility at the Orange Group, said: "This wonderful project is a key step in our corporate social responsibility towards digital inclusion, particularly for young people and women. The FabLab Solidaire, a structuring program of the Orange Foundation, is an essential building block and allows beneficiaries who are far removed from digital technology to reconnect with the professional world: the start of a wonderful journey that involves the development of technical skills and can, thanks to the complementarity of the programs deployed, lead to the creation of businesses."