At GITEX Africa 2026, Orange is putting 5G at the service of professional uses with its Orange 5G Lab.
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Published: 23/04/2026
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GITEX Africa 2026: Orange highlights 5G
On the occasion of GITEX Africa 2026, Orange Morocco showcased several demonstrations and announced a partnership with Ericsson focused on industrial 5G connectivity. In this context, the Orange 5G Lab program positions itself as an experimentation and co-creation space to test concrete use cases serving businesses and territories.
GITEX Africa 2026, showcase of 5G use cases
GITEX Africa 2026, held in Marrakech from April 7 to 9, brought together leading players in tech, African companies, and startups. Orange Morocco focused its participation on AI and 5G, showcasing solutions that illustrate the contribution of these technologies to operational and business use cases.
This presence allowed Orange to demonstrate, through concrete demonstrations, how 5G is integrated into its innovation and digital transformation strategy.
Demonstrations illustrating the value of real-time connectivity
At its booth, Orange Morocco showcased several innovations, including:
- Orange Drone Inspection, a solution combining AI and 5G for inspecting mobile antennas via drone;
- LivebotTrap, an operational cybersecurity solution presented by Orange Innovation.
These demonstrations highlight the importance of reliable, low-latency connectivity for transmitting real-time streams, analyzing data, and supporting decision-making in concrete business contexts.
A strategic partnership with Ericsson around industrial 5G
On the sidelines of GITEX Africa 2026, Orange Morocco and Ericsson announced a partnership to develop 5G connectivity solutions for businesses.
Under this agreement, Ericsson will provide a comprehensive platform dedicated to industrial 5G, including its advanced Radio and 5G Core technologies. This platform will be deployed within the Orange 5G Lab in Casablanca, creating a powerful environment for demonstration and experimentation.
The dedicated 5G platform will enable companies to build smarter and more efficient operations, thanks to secure, high-speed connectivity—essential for automating processes, improving productivity, and ultimately reducing costs.
The targeted sectors include:
- Smart logistics,
- Energy,
- Public services,
- Smart territories.
Orange 5G Lab: an experimentation framework serving use cases
In this context, the Orange 5G Lab program plays a crucial role as a space for testing and validating 5G use cases.
The Orange 5G Lab Casablanca will serve as a key driver for developing a rich catalog of B2B use cases, allowing Moroccan companies to test and validate solutions and concretely discover the benefits of 5G in terms of productivity improvement and operational cost optimization.
It is part of a co-creation approach, supporting companies in their digital transformation, aligned with critical connectivity needs, automation, and industrialization of use cases.
Through technological demonstrations, a partnership with Ericsson, and the promotion of the Orange 5G Lab, Orange Morocco reaffirms its commitment to 5G and its concrete applications at GITEX Africa 2026.
Orange exemplifies an approach based on experimentation, co-creation, and supporting business needs, in line with its Trust the Future strategy, which places trust, innovation, and network performance at the heart of the Group’s strategy.
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