The plan approved by the company's board is a result of a KES 1 billion investment in technology and innovation that has transformed the company's operations within the last three years. Following its transition into a fully-integrated telecommunications service provider, Orange Kenya decommissioned obsolete infrastructure that was no longer in line with its growth strategy. Orange said it arrived at the decision after a thorough review of the business's product and solution offering as well as the infrastructure supporting the company's network, with the long-term view of ensuring viability and further improving the quality of service to its customers. This exercise has changed its entire business outlook and infrastructure, impacting the required size of its workforce.
The rationalization plan comes as Orange is in talks to sell its 70 percent stake in Orange Kenya to investment fund Helios. The Kenya Treasury holds the other 30 percent of Kenya's third-largest operator.
