AFRICA NEWS AGENCY
They are transforming Africa Her story begins in Gabon. Her father also worked in the telecommunications industry where she lived until the age of 10 before continuing her education in France. There, she obtained a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance at the “Institut Supérieur du Commerce de Paris” (ISC), after completing her secondary education with studies in International Trade at the boarding school of the French Legion of Honor. As soon as she graduated, she worked as a financial risk analyst at the Banco Espirito Santo et de la Vénétie (BESV) in Paris, before moving into the digital and telecommunications sectors.
SELENA SOUAH
«Africa is the continent where we were born and for which we must engage”
Selena Souah, Franco-Gabonese and her company Revolution’air have been deploying since 2019 an innovative system to provide Internet access. A 100% made in Africa innovation! In her thirties, Selena Souah represents «tomorrow’s Africa «. First, because she is inhabited by a panAfrican spirit, and second because the company she co-founded has the ambition to transform the continent.
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But Africa remains at the heart of her concerns. Just like telecommunications. She therefore decided to launch her company in this sector. But not in Gabon, «to ensure our credibility and prove our independence, we chose to start this adventure in another country: Rwanda. The country of a thousand hills has made the development of telecommunications one of its priorities. Revolution’air is therefore launched, and in November 2019, obtains an operating license for a period of 15 years from the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts of Rwanda. The company offers an Internet access solution for individuals and businesses. The technology used for this is relatively simple to install, and this is the company’s strength. An antenna is installed and covers a large part of the territory. All homes in the area are then eligible for the installation of a satellite dish to receive broadband. Even in rural areas. «For us, this is the beginning of an adventure that will extend to other countries in Africa, a continent that saw us being born and for which we must engage.”
