The Connecting West Africa team is pleased to announce that Tigo Senegal will be Host Operator partner at the event in Dakar on 9th and 10th June.
Tigo
is part of the international telecommunications and media company Millicom,
which has over 50 million customers in 13 countries in Africa and Latin
America. Launched in 1999, Tigo Senegal provides GSM, 3G and 3.5G networks to
its customers. Over 3 million customers use mobile,
Internet and financial services of Tigo. Since 2014, Tigo Senegal has been
testing the 4G network and is preparing for the commercial launch when provided
with legal authorization.
As a digital services leader, Tigo is perfectly
positioned to lead the debate on innovation to monetise data in the broadband
era, one of the major themes to be discussed at Connecting West Africa this
year. Tigo is innovating and providing new products and services in addition to
voice and SMS (mobile financial service Tigo Cash, airtime top-up self-service machine Tigomatic, and Tigo Kiiray, Senegal’s first mobile life insurance
service) to accelerate the digital inclusion in the country.
Tigo places great importance in investing in the
Senegalese economy, through improving local infrastructure, investing in local
talent, or introducing services to help Senegalese businesses. The company
invested over $250 million between 2009 and 2013, and $100 million were
invested between 2013 and 2014 into the local network, improving Senegal’s
digital infrastructure. Tigo also works with a variety of other
organisations to improve the quality of education for Senegalese students, and is committed to supporting the health of the local population.
Tigo Senegal's CEO Diego Camberos will be giving an
oening keynote presentation at Connecting West Africa, highlighting the
company's efforts in digital inclusion. Mr Camberos joined Tigo in 2009 to launch the Rwanda operation and
eventually became its CEO. After a successful experience, he was appointed CEO
of Tigo Senegal in 2013. He has a developed a rich and diverse experience as
having held positions in the areas of Marketing, Distribution and Customer
Service. Indeed, he has held various international positions in Latin America
at Trilogy in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and worked nearly 10 years at
McDonald's in various countries, including Bolivia and Colombia.
Also speaking at
the event will be Jean-François Sene, who will join the panel discussion on
managing the new digital landsape i Senegal. Mr Sene has 15 years of solid
experience in Mobile Telephony. With a Computer Engineer Degree, he first
joined Millicom-Senegal from 2000 to 2003 and has held several positions in
ISP, IT & Billing. During 8 years, he worked for global Telcos, ICT and
infrastructure companies in several countries in Africa, as an executive or
consultant. In 2012, he came back to Tigo as CIO and was appointed Head of
Corporate Sales in July 2013.
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