The government wants to strengthen the national telecoms infrastructure as part of its digital transformation ambitions. The country is already served by five international fiber optic submarine cables. These are SAT-3, MainOne, WACS, Glo-1 and ACE. Ghana is now connected to the 2Africa submarine fiber optic cable from the eponymous consortium led by the American technology company...
Bayobab (formerly MTN GlobalConnect) has landed the 45,000km 2Africa subsea cable on Ghanaian shores, in Accra. The 2Africa subsea cable system will support the western and eastern regions of Africa, once complete in 2023 and 2024, respectively. This landing is one of several cable landings taking place across 46 locations in 33 countries for all...
Telkom’s wholesale subsidiary, Openserve, has signed a number of agreements with Google that have secured the company a 15-year revenue pipeline worth nearly R1-billion. The agreements relate to Google’s acquisition of the right of use to a number Openserve’s facilities, including a cable landing station, 50% of terrestrial network capacity along South Africa’s border with Botswana,...
Nigeria’s deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has welcomed the forthcoming landing of the 2Africa subsea cable in Lagos and Akwa Ibom states. The lawmaker expressed his anticipation of the benefits it will bring, on Tuesday, while receiving a delegation, at the National Assembly Complex, from Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). The senior...
The Medusa cable is more than 8,700 km long. It was initially planned to connect Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. The Libyan United International Company (LUIC), a consortium formed by several Libyan private sector companies working in the field of communications, signed an agreement with Medusa Submarine Cable System last...
Senegal is currently served by four submarine fiber optic cables, namely SAT-3, ACE, ATLANTIS-2 and SHARE. The country has 19.2 million Internet subscribers for a penetration rate of 108.31%, according to the latest official statistics. Senegal will soon be connected to the 2Africa submarine fiber optic cable from the eponymous consortium led by the American technology...
The 45,000 km long undersea cable will land in 32 other African countries. The new deep-sea cable project will encircle Africa when complete and is expected to land in Lagos and Kwa Ibo, a river town in Nigeria’s southeast this November, TechCabal has learned. 2Africa is the brainchild of a consortium led by Meta, China...
Due to its strategic geographical position, straddling 3 continents, Egypt is a preferred destination for owners of submarine cables. The historic operator Telecom Egypt is moving towards its ambition to become the leader in connectivity services in the region. The telecommunications company Telecom Egypt signed, on Wednesday, October 4, a partnership memorandum of understanding with the...
Telecom Egypt has introduced its new WeConnect environment, which allow customers to select cross connectivity at the click of a button. WeConnect’s open and neutral concept allows customer to mix and match connectivity between subsea cable systems in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. WeConnect’s digital platform, according to the telecoms provider, allows customer...
The Liberian government aims to make digital technology one of the pillars of the country’s socio-economic development. Last July, the executive revealed that it was preparing the launch of a national digital transformation project, in partnership with the telecoms regulator. Liberia will soon connect to a second submarine fiber optic cable to boost its broadband capabilities. The...
