Startimes Group

Startimes Group was founded in 1988, holding over 200 technology patents and software copyrights. It is an influential system integrator, technology provider, network operator, and content provider in China's broadcasting and television industry. In 2002, Startimes began expanding into the African market, proposing the mission of "making digital TV affordable, accessible, and enjoyable for every African family, sharing the beauty of digital TV" and the vision of "becoming a globally influential media group." With a model of providing overall solutions for investment, construction, and operation, it embarked on its expedition into the African market.
In 2007, Startimes initially established a company in Rwanda, which began operations in 2008. To date, its business has spread across 37 African countries, with operation teams stationed in over 20 countries, and cumulative investments exceeding $1.7 billion. It has built four major basic network service platforms for program relay, live satellite, terrestrial TV, and internet video (with 5 broadcasting control centers, 16 earth uplink stations, and 324 digital TV transmission stations globally), and has obtained 80 operating licenses in over 30 countries and 842 wireless frequency resources for broadcasting and TV. It has formed a content production system integrating program aggregation, dubbing, and production (creating a program content platform with 11 languages and over 680 channels, achieving 24-hour non-stop broadcasting of Chinese voices to Africa). It has developed 14 million digital TV users and 28 million internet video mobile users, with over 15 million social media followers, becoming an important video traffic owner and household video traffic gateway in Africa. It has established a comprehensive marketing, operation, and after-sales service system (with 139 business halls, over 10,000 convenience stores, and 24,000 agents across Africa). It has cultivated a professional, international, and localized workforce, and formed extensive and in-depth brand influence.
To meet the requirements of media development in the internet era, it officially launched online video services on June 12, 2018. Based on the digital TV distribution platform, it built a streaming media video platform to expand internet video business, initially cooperating with 23 African telecom operators, connecting to 150 million smartphone users in Africa.
In the next 15 years, Startimes aims to establish its own business ecosystem, achieving the new vision of "ubiquitous media influence, business convenience accessible to everyone, and a high integration of humanity and commerce."