Senegal: Senegal's Netcom challenges CFAO Technologies in francophone West Africa

The biggest technology player in francophone Africa is CFAO Technologies. Bought by French magnate François Pinault, he decided to make it a major African technology player and its rapid growth put the heat on local ICT suppliers. Now there's a Senegalese company that's biting back. Launched by Mamadou Dieng, Netcom is a systems integrator that is rapidly building itself a regional presence through local acquisitions. Interestingly, there are few independent regional companies like this in anglophone Africa of any scale.