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U.S. Tech Leader Cybastion to Invest $170M to Accelerate Angola’s Digital Sovereignty with Incumbent Telecommunications Operator Angola Telecom
U.S. tech leader Cybastion and Angola telecommunication operator Angola Telecom E.P. announced a USD $170 million strategic investment to accelerate Angola’s digital infrastructure and cybersecurity resilience to enhance its digital sovereignty and equip the country’s workforce with world-class cybersecurity skills through Cybastion’s Digital Fast Track initiative.
The deal announcement was made at a press conference hosted by the U.S. government delegation on the sidelines of Corporate Council on Africa’s U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola.
The Digital Fast Track initiative is a sweeping digital infrastructure initiative aimed at accelerating Africa’s digital transformation and expanding U.S. business and investment across the continent. This initiative aims to position the Southern African nation as a digital backbonefor the region’s growing digital economy.
The announcement will reinforce a memorandum of understanding signed in early-March on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.
The first phase of the investment will be USD $25 million to build a national cybersecurity agency and train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to protect Angola’s digital assets, in partnership with the Cisco Networking Academy.
“The deal is about enhancing the digital transformation of Angola,” said Dr. Thierry Wandji, Cybastion CEO. Dr. Wandji also mentioned that the deal will also bring undersea cables from the capital city Luanda to the port of Lobito to improve connectivity.
For media enquiries, please contact
- Shanta Bryant GYAN – email, sbgyan@cybastiontech.com
- Gloria Adão – email, adao@angolatelecom.ao
ABOUT CYBASTION:
Cybastion is an American technology company that delivers world-class cybersecurity and digital solutions to accelerate digital transformation in Africa. Its mission is to empower Africa’s digital future by creating secure, resilient, and reliable digital ecosystems that drive innovation, growth, and long-term prosperity.
ABOUT ANGOLA TELECOM:
Angola Telecom, founded in 1992, is an incumbent telecommunications operator in the Republic of Angola, a dominant operator in the telecommunication segment, increasingly dedicated to its Mission to provide accessible and high quality telecom services to the whole country, guaranteeing the company self-sustainability and contributing, at the forefront, to Angola development, with Values such as trust, integrity, differentiation, innovation, excellence and development, with that creating a Vision of being the leader in connecting Angola to the world and to the future.
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