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Media relations

Who to contact, how to name us, and what we confirm.

This file gathers what a journalist, a partner or a bid writer needs to verify before writing. The scope of what is commented on is published: it applies to every enquiry, with no negotiable exception.

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Scope

The rule is stated in advance, not decided case by case.

What the group speaks about

  • The nature of the systems delivered, their outline architecture and the results obtained.
  • Methods of execution, acceptance, operation and skills transfer.
  • Commitments on security, data residency, continuity and reversibility.
  • The group’s organisation, locations, fields of supply and orders of magnitude.
  • References the client has authorised in writing.

What the group does not comment on

  • The identity of a client, absent a written authorisation held on file.
  • Any assignment relating to defence, national security or signals, including its existence.
  • The detail of a protection system: coverage, equipment siting, procedures, known limits.
  • Amounts, margins, supplier costs and the commercial terms of a contract.
  • Security incidents at a client, before or after they are handled.

A question falling in the second list receives an answer, and that answer is a reasoned refusal. The group neither confirms nor denies, and the absence of a denial is not a confirmation.

Press contact

One address, one telephone, two languages.

An enquiry without a deadline is handled after those that carry one. Vulnerability reports do not go through this address: they follow the responsible disclosure procedure.

Address
[email protected]
Telephone
+223 72 25 45 85
Languages
French and English
Security reports
[email protected]

What an enquiry should carry

  1. The outlet, the medium and the circulation area.
  2. The precise subject, and the question the answer is meant to serve.
  3. The deadline, with date and time.
  4. The format expected: written quotation, interview, background not for attribution.

Boilerplate

The paragraph to reproduce, in both languages.

This paragraph is the group’s reference description. It is supplied in French and in English so that the published version is not an improvised translation. It is reproduced unaltered; cutting it changes its legal meaning.

French

Konect Groupe est le nom commercial de Konect SARL, société d’ingénierie et d’intégration établie à Bamako, au Mali, immatriculée au registre du commerce sous le numéro BA.BKO.2019.B.8197. Le groupe conçoit, déploie et exploite des systèmes dans cinq métiers : logiciels et systèmes, réseaux et communications, sûreté physique et cybersécurité, bâtiments sécurisés, énergie et alimentation de secours. Il intervient auprès d’administrations, de représentations diplomatiques, d’organisations internationales, d’opérateurs de télécommunications et de groupes industriels, sous une responsabilité contractuelle unique, de l’étude à l’exploitation.

English

Konect Groupe is the trading name of Konect SARL, an engineering and systems integration company based in Bamako, Mali, registered under commercial registry number BA.BKO.2019.B.8197. The group designs, deploys and operates systems across five divisions: software and systems, networks and communications, physical and cyber security, secure buildings, power and backup supply. It works for government bodies, diplomatic missions, international organisations, telecommunications operators and industrial groups, under a single contractual accountability, from study through to operation.

Naming

Two names, two uses, no variants.

Forms not to use

  • KONECT GROUPE
  • Konect Group
  • Konnect
  • Konect Groupe SARL
  • konectgroupe
Trading name
Konect GroupeTwo words, initial capital only. This is the name to use in running text.
Registered name
Konect SARLThe contracting entity. This is the name to use in a deed, a contract or an invoice.
Work descriptor
Sovereign Technology & Mission SystemsIt is not translated and does not replace the name.
Legal form
Limited liability company (SARL)It is not appended to the trading name.

Brand assets

The mark, and the conditions of its use.

The logotype is available in vector form. The chevron carries the brand red; the name and signature are set in obsidian on light grounds and in white on dark ones, which is why there are two files. The chevron alone serves square placements.

Rules of use

Use of the mark by a third party requires written agreement, except to illustrate a press article about the group.

  • The chevron is rendered in the brand red, or in a single colour where printing requires it. It is not graded or filled with an image.
  • The brand red is #E32620, the ink of the name #111214. The red signals; it forms neither a text ground nor a page fill.
  • A clear space at least half the height of the chevron is left around the logotype.
  • The logotype is not placed on a busy photograph, nor on a ground whose contrast falls below 3:1. Below fifty pixels in height, the version without the signature is used.
  • The logotype is not tilted, stretched, boxed, or given a shadow or effect. The chevron and the name are not separated.
  • The logotype is not combined with another in a way that implies a partnership, a certification or an endorsement that does not exist.

Official accounts

The only accounts that speak for the group.

This list is exhaustive. An account carrying the Konect name or mark without appearing here does not commit the group, and reporting it to the security address is welcome.

These accounts broadcast. They receive no commercial enquiry, no tender document and no vulnerability report: each of those three routes is set out above, and none of them runs through a social network.

Resources

What can be verified without writing to us.

  • Supplier profile

    Legal identity, registrations, addresses and fields of supply.

  • Publishable projects

    The records whose disclosure level permits publication.

  • Trust centre

    Security, data sovereignty, continuity, compliance, reversibility.

  • Locations

    The group’s actual addresses and the role of each.

  • Insights

    Technical notes published by the group, available as an RSS feed.

  • Responsible disclosure

    The route for reporting a vulnerability, separate from the press desk.

Consultations · Pre-qualifications · Partnerships

A question outside this file?

State the medium, the subject and the deadline. A question touching the scope that is not commented on receives a reasoned refusal, and that refusal is itself quotable.

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