May 2019 – Africa Digital Solutions, subsidiary of ADS, is tasked with coordinating the West African digital pool with Tata Communications Transformation Services

Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTS), a leading Telco transformation and managed services provider, is partnering with Africa Development Solutions (ADS Group) to facilitate building the fibre infrastructure backbone across Africa and enable a digital economy that can empower societies and communities, in line with the Smart Africa vision. As a first step, TCTS and ADS are jointly coordinating the delivery of the ‘Western African Digital Pool’, which consists in deploying internet connectivity over 7 African countries, including Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra-Leone, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia and Mali. This project, will be conducted in collaboration with Smart Africa and, is considered as a major step towards the implementation of a single digital market in Africa.