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8Stimulating the Developmentin Africa<strong>Maroc</strong> <strong>Telecom</strong> actively partakes in the dynamism of the telecommunicationssector in Africa with nearly 22 million customers in Morocco and in 4 other Africancountries.After Mauritel in Mauritania, Onatel in Burkina Faso, Gabon <strong>Telecom</strong> in Gabon, <strong>Maroc</strong><strong>Telecom</strong> strengthened its presence in Africa in 2009 with the acquisition of 51%stake in Sotelma, the long-term telecom carrier in Mali. The population that is nowcovered amounts to over 65 million. With more than MAS 1.1 Billion investmentrepresenting 28% of their turnover which is devoted primarily to the modernizationof their transmission networks and the extension of mobile networks coverage,<strong>Maroc</strong> <strong>Telecom</strong>’s subsidiaries produced promising performances in 2009.The mobile park reached 4.2 million total customers, up nearly 34% and the Internetpark has grown by 33% (56,000 customers).2009 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>