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Background founded 1993 in UK purchased by France Télécom (now Orange S.A.) in 2000 one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators 154,000 employees worldwide 29 countries customer base of 248 million including 190 million mobile customers and 16 million fixed broadband customers sales of ‎€39 billion in 2014 Orange Business Service leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(UK)#/media/File:Orange_logo.svg

Orange in Sub Saharan Africa less than 24% of the population have bank accounts, but over 80% have a mobile phone. 367 million subscribers in mid-2015 200 million individuals across the region were accessing the internet through mobile devices, Mobile technology plays a central role in addressing a range of socio-economic developmental challenges across the region, particularly digital and financial African continent is expected to have 500 million mobile users by 2016 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140826133743-14874396-sub-saharan-africa-today-future Region where less than 24% of the population has a bank account, but over 80% have a mobile phone. 367 million subscribers in mid-2015 400 million new smartphone connections by 2020 200 million individuals across the region were accessing the internet through mobile devices, a figure that will almost double by 2020.

Orange Collecte Côte d'Ivoire September 11, 2015 first mobile crowdfunding platform in Africa using Orange Money Developed in partnership with HelloAsso less than 24 % of the population has a bank account more than 80% have a mobile phone “private individuals and charities can finance their personal (weddings, birthdays, etc.) and charitable projects (fundraising, events, projects, etc.) by making an appeal through their mobile network. e-Education: Orange created a platform with virtual courses for up to 4000 students at the Côte d’Ivoire French Ministry of Education

Orange Health Care - Prevention My Healthline is a SMS based information providing advice on sexuality, contraception, HIV/AIDS and STDs in Cameroon delivers prevention and awareness to pregnant women in Mali via SMS reduced maternal and paternal mortality rate by 30% mobile enable programs reduced government response times from 4 weeks to 3 minutes mHealth http://healthcare.orange.com/eng/news/latests-news/2014/mHealth-in-Africa

Health Care - Diagnosis mHealth allows twice as many rural patients to have access to basic health care helped improve antiretroviral medication compliances by 11% Orange Healthcare in the Ivory Coast - aims to help patients access care using innovative services - accessible through inexpensive mobile phones example: interactive SMS service, allowing the residents of Ivory Coast cities to locate the nearest on-duty pharmacy Botswana - mobile telemedicine programme works with Ministry of Health to collect clinical data and images and make sure specialist are sent to make diagnosis http://www.slideshare.net/AppStudioz/mhealth-35472043

Reducing Disparity Providing low cost solar base stations at in means of extending mobile network into rural areas - more people can have it when it is low cost reducing operating costs - up 80% saving by avoiding fuel consumption, air conditioning maintenance improved equipment- decreases power cuts caused by broken equipment developing products with renewable energy And this would be reducing it.

Increasing Disparity Over 60% of population will not have internet access affordability of mobile services and extending network coverage to rural areas is hard high levels of poverty Gender Gap (MDG 3) - 40% in Sub- Saharan Africa women 13% less likely to own phones 25% less women have access to internet less girls have access to education don't participate in the economy, and create no enterprises or businesses http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/index.cfm?id=onlineCDs&groupID=7

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