Coverage · 1997 → 2026
Thirty years extending the network.
From the first tower in Bamako in 1997 to 159 live sites today · 10 regions of Mali · 5 neighbouring countries. Every addition marks a distance the signal had not yet reached.
Chronology · 30 years
The map is written in stages.
Five milestones. Each one adds a new kind of terrain: urban, rural, regional, Sahel, across borders.
1997
1 site
Founded · Bamako.
TME is established in Baco-Djikoroni. One office, a team of five technicians, and a first tower under SOTELMA maintenance.
2016
177 sites
177 rural solar sites.
First nationwide telecom off-grid electrification campaign. Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou, Sikasso: 48 villages connected to the signal.
2020
140 sites
90 % of the SOTELMA fleet.
TME becomes the reference integrator for urban and peri-urban deployment. Bamako, Kati, and Koulikoro concentrate most field operations.
2024
200 sites
+200 emergency generators.
Field intervention fleet doubles. Contracts extend to Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger. 500 lithium batteries in active service.
2026
159 sites
159 sites · 5 countries · 1,180 km of fiber.
Present-day composite. All of Mali covered, 10 regions active. The Grand Nord (Kidal, Taoudéni) remains operational. Regional work has become the norm, no longer the exception.
Exploration · operational data
159 sites. Filter by discipline.
Each dot is an active site. Every tower carries at least one energy function — some combine every pillar. The filter reveals where each discipline took root.
The geography of effort
One country, three worlds.
A Bamako site and a Taoudéni site belong to the same fleet but not to the same trade. Distance, climate, and logistics redefine what intervention means.
77 sites · Bamako metro
The dense urban fabric.
A quarter of the fleet sits inside the capital. ZI3, CANAM ACI2000, Kalaban Tjam, Yirimadio: density enables short rotations, teams covering three sites a day, part replacements without air logistics.
22 sites · Kayes + Koulikoro
The river and the laterite.
The West opens past Kati. Laterite tracks, river crossings, seasonal health-risk zones. Each site requires vehicle preparation and a 48-hour autonomy plan. This is where maintenance becomes an expedition.
17 sites · Tombouctou · Kidal · Taoudéni
The Grand Nord.
Past Mopti, the road turns to track, then vanishes. Tombouctou, Kidal, Taoudéni: sites reached by convoy, sometimes by air, always under security coordination. Here, a tower down means a village cut off from the rest of the country.
Beyond the borders
Five countries. Five reasons.
The regional dimension is not marketing polish — it is the direct consequence of interconnected West African networks. TME intervenes wherever infrastructure ignores borders.
SN
Senegal
Dakar-Bamako axis · PANAF-TEL fiber extension. First interconnection contracts from 2012 onward.
MR
Mauritania
Northern border of Kayes · telecom continuity Sélibaby-Kiffa. Shared maintenance sites with Mauritel.
BF
Burkina Faso
Bamako-Ouagadougou corridor · telecom energy infrastructure cooperation. Ad-hoc emergency missions on border relays.
NE
Niger
Eastern corridors via Gao-Niamey · Sahelian pastoral zones. Shared expertise on hybrid generator-solar sites.
BJ
Benin
Ad-hoc expertise missions · rural methodology transfer. Pilot off-grid telecom electrification projects.
Balance sheet · 1997-2026
1 → 159 sites. 30 years. 90 % of the SOTELMA fleet. 1,180 km of fiber. 5 countries.
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