Who owns Sonatel?
Sonatel is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Orange (France, NYSE: ORAN) holds a 42.33% stake.[1]
Evidence: Orange S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2024-03-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 March 2024. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Orange S.A. (42.33% stake) verified
- Headquarters
- 🇫🇷 France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Origin
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- Category
- Telecom › Mobile › Mobile carriers
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ORAN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sonatel
The 20-F states that Orange owns and controls 100% of Orange MEA, which owns and controls 42.33% of Sonatel Group, and that Orange fully consolidates Sonatel under a shareholders' agreement. Sonatel's financial statements are published on the regional BRVM exchange.
Ownership timeline of Sonatel
Where Sonatel sits in Orange
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Jordan Telecom (51%)
- Orange Belgium (78.32%)
- Orange Botswana (73.68%)
- Orange Burkina Faso (85.8%)
- Orange Business
- Orange Cameroon (94.4%)
- Orange Côte d'Ivoire (72.5%)
- Orange Egypt (99.96%)
- Orange France
- Orange Moldova (94.45%)
- Orange Polska (50.67%)
- Orange RDC
- Orange Romania
- Orange Slovensko
- VOO (58.74%)
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Other brands owned by Orange
Orange controls 16 brands on Brandtree, 16 of them in telecom.
Also in telecom
Other brands in mobile carriers, and who owns them
The 13 brands in mobile carriers on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Liberty Latin America, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| C&W | Liberty Latin America | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Tigo | Millicom | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| by.U | Telkom Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| One NZ | Infratil | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| NTT DOCOMO | NTT | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Smart | PLDT | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Rakuten Mobile | Rakuten | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| SK Telecom | SK Telecom | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Orange
Orange is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
Orange S.A. filed an annual report on Form 20-F for 2023. Its list of main consolidated entities covers France, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Orange Business, Orange Bank and the Totem tower companies. Ownership percentages below are those printed in that filing at 31 December 2023.
🇸🇳 Sonatel and other Senegalese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Senegal. All of them are controlled from Senegal.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Sonatel?
No single company recorded here owns Sonatel outright. Orange holds a 42.33% stake.
Does Orange control Sonatel?
No. A 42.33% holding does not give control, so Orange shares ownership with others.
Where did Sonatel come from?
Sonatel originated in Senegal.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Orange S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2024-03-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 March 2024; retrieved 15 October 2026.
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