London, Oct. 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-There is bust of excitement among telecom operators across Africa after Telecommunications company MainOne finally landed its submarine cable in Grand Bassam, Cote d’Iviore, which is the final leg of the ongoing expansion to reach Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire. The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing ...

London, June 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Kenya and Djibouti have announced plans to collaborate and put resources together for the construction of Kenya’s fifth submarine cable at a cost of $59m. The Director of Shared Services at the ICT Authority Robert Mugo said the project dubbed ‘the Djibouti Africa Regional Express (DARE) is aimed at powering an inclusive digital ...

Lagos, Dec. 13, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s submarine cable operators on Wednesday formed a coalition for the protection of submarine cable investment worth over $3bn. They identified the submarine cable as a critical national infrastructure that should be protected as it was relevant to the economic and socio-political development of the country Ntel’s South Atlantic 3 fibre ...