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List of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa

January 01, 1970

This is a list of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa. While submarine communications cables are used to connect countries and continents to the Internet, terrestrial fibre optic cables are used to extend this connectivity to landlocked countries or to urban centers within a country that has submarine cable access. In most of the world, a large number of such cables exist, often amounting to robust Internet backbones. The lack of such high-speed cables poses a great problem for most African countries. The construction of both submarine cables and their terrestrial extensions is thus considered an important step to economic growth and development to many African countries.

Countries edit

Algeria edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Algérie Télécom 2011 About 200,000 km (120,000 mi) of fiber optic cables had been deployed as of December 31, 2021. [1][2][3]

Angola edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Africell 2022 [4][5]
Angola Telecom 1996 [6][7]
Unitel 2014 [8]
Zap Fibra 2017 [9]

Benin edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Benin Telecoms 2016 [10][11]
Liquid Telecom 2018 [12]
Phase3 Telecom 2009 [13]
Suburban Telecoms 2007 [14]

Botswana edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Botswana Fibre Networks 2012 Completed the Trans-Kalahari Fibre Optic Project in 2008. [15][16]
Mascom 2013 In 2018, Mascom announced they would be laying Botswana's "first fibre-to-the-home service." [17]
Paratus Botswana [18]

Burkina Faso edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Bharti Airtel [19]
Group Vivendi Africa 2021 [20][21]
Onatel 2020 State-run [21]
Orange S.A. 2021 [19][21][22][23]

Burundi edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Burundi Backbone Service Burundi launched an ICT backbone in 2016. [24]
Viettel/Lumitel
ONATEL Website content offline as of 5/24/2018
SEACOM [25]

Cameroon edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
MTN Group [26][27]
Camtel State-owned [28][29][30]

Chad edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Camtel 2012 [31][32]
SudaChad [32][33]
Sudatel [32]

Cote d'Ivoire edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Cote d'Ivoire Telecom
MTN Group Cote d'Ivoire [34]
National Agency for Universal Service Telecommunications 2013 In 2013, Huawei began building a 6,700 km national fibre network on behalf of the government. [35][36]
Orange S.A. Cote d'Ivoire [34][22][23]

Democratic Republic of Congo edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Liquid Telecom [37]
Paratus Group 2022 [38]

Djibouti edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Djibouti Telecom 2007 Government-run [39]
SEACOM [25]

Egypt edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Sudatel [40]
Telecom Egypt [40]

eSwatini edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
MTN Group eSwatini [41]
Paratus [41]
Telecom [41]

Ethiopia edit

See also: Telecommunications in Ethiopia
Operator Started Notes Ref
Ethio telecom [42]

Gambia edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Gamtel 2010

Ghana edit

See also: Telecommunications in Ghana
Operator Started Notes Ref
AirtelTigo 2017 Merger of Tigo and Bharti Airtel
Expresso Telecom Ghana
MTN Ghana
National Communications Backbone Company NCBC is a subsidiary of Vodafone Ghana.
Orange S.A. [22][23]
Tigo Merged with Bharti Airtel in 2017 to become AirtelTigo.

Guinea edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Orange S.A. [22][23]

Kenya edit

See also: Telecommunications in Kenya
Operator Started Notes Ref
AccessKenya Group
Airtel Kenya
Jamii Telecom
Kenya Data Networks
Kenya Power
National Optical Fibre Backbone Infrastructure
Safaricom
SEACOM [25]
Telkom Kenya [43]

Liberia edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Orange S.A. [22][23]

Madagascar edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Telecom Malagasy (Telma)

Malawi edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Malawi Telecommunications MTL appears to have completed its domestic fibre optic network in early 2012. [44]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi

Mali edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Gouvernement du Mali In 2011, the Malian government announced a 942 km fibre optic cable project linking Bamako-Gao-Kidal-Tin-Zaoutière to the Algerian border and Gap-Ansongo-Labezanga to the border of Niger. The project was funded by a $45 million loan from the Exim Bank of China. [45]
Orange S.A. [46][22][23]
Sotelma/Malitel [47]

Mauritania edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Mauritel In May 2011, Mauritel launched a fiber optic cable project linking the towns of Nouakchott and Kobonni. [48][49]

Morocco edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Maroc Telecom 60% of regional fibre network completed in 2010. [50]

Mozambique edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Telecomunicações de Moçambique

Namibia edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
NamPower
Paratus Africa Various fiber projects deployed since 2011. Full FTTx deployment in various towns. Cross-country backhaul fiber from WACS (West Africa Cable Landing Station) through Namibia connecting various land-locked countries around Namibia.[citation needed]
Telecom Namibia [51]

Niger edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
SONITEL

Nigeria edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
21st Century Technology
Globacom [52][53]
MTN Group Nigeria
Multi-Links Purchased by Helios in 2011; at this time, Multi-Links had a terrestrial fibre optic network spanning 8,232 km in Nigeria. [54][55][56]
NITEL
Orange S.A. [23]
Phase3 Telecom In 2011, Phase3 were building the West Africa One network, an aerial optic fibre transmission system which runs from Nigeria to Benin and Togo. [57][58]
Suburban Telecoms

Rwanda edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Green Future 2009 [59]
MTN Group Rwanda
Rwanda Development Board The physical deployment of the RDB's network was completed in January 2011. [60][61]
Rwandatel
SEACOM Partnered with KT Corporation [25]

Senegal edit

See also: Telecommunications in Senegal
Operator Started Notes Ref
Orange S.A. [23]
Sonatel [62]

Somalia edit

See also: Communications in Somalia
Operator Started Notes Ref
Hormuud Telecom/Liquid Telecom 2013 [63]
SEACOM [25]
SomCable Licensed with 25 years of exclusivity for Metro and Backbone fiber optic infrastructure building.[citation needed]

South Africa edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Broadband Infraco Broadband Infraco is a South African State Owned Entity (SOE) that is intended to participate in those segments of the telecommunications market and value chain that impede private sector development and innovation in telecoms services and content offerings. Broadband Infraco maintains a national long distance fibre optic network, providing high capacity telecommunication services between all major national metropolitan centres and being expanded to enable connectivity to reach smaller cities and rural areas. [64]
BWired Announced in August 2011, BWired invested $600 million in regional fibre infrastructure. [65]
Dark Fibre Africa Community Investment Ventures (CIV) and VenFin are the principal shareholders in DFA. ABSA Capital, who are a stakeholder in CIV via New GX Capital Holdings, also backs CIV. Shareholders in Dark Fibre Africa have granted the necessary approvals to adequately capitalize the company for the construction of a nationwide Dark Fibre Infrastructure. This funding exceeded R2Bn by 2013. [66]
Fibreco 2012 Established in 2009 as an equal partnership between CellC, Internet Solutions and Convergence Partners. [67][68]
Neotel
NLD Consortium A consortium made up of Neotel, MTN Group, and Vodacom deployed a national fibre network in South Africa in 2012. [69]
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa In 2013, PRASA announced plans to lease excess fibre capacity. [70]
Telkom Telkom is the dominant operator and has the largest fibre network in South Africa, covering approximately 143,000 km as per the 2011 annual report. [71][72]

South Sudan edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
South Sudanese Government 2013 [73]
SEACOM [25]

Sudan edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Sudatel [33]

Tanzania edit

See also: Telecommunications in Tanzania
Operator Started Notes Ref
Consortium A consortium of TIGO, Zantel, Vodacom, and Airtel.
CTV Fiber to the building, mainly in Dar es Salaam.[citation needed]
National Information & Communication Technology Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) 2010 Funded by a soft loan from the Chinese government, the NICTBB is being built by the Tanzanian government and will be operated by the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation [74][75]
Raha/Liquid Telecom Metro fiber - Dar es Salaam.[citation needed]
SEACOM [25]
SimbaNET Metro fiber - Dar es Salaam.[citation needed]
TANESCO

Togo edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Phase3 Telecom 2009 [13]
Togo Telecom [76]

Uganda edit

See also: Communications in Uganda

Zambia edit

See also: Telecommunications in Zambia
Operator Started Notes Ref
Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) 2008 [78][79]
Zambia Telecommunications [78]
ZESCO [80]

Zimbabwe edit

Operator Started Notes Ref
Africom
Dark Fibre Africa 2019 [81][82]
Liquid Telecom [83]
Powertel
Telecel Zimbabwe 2014 [84]
TelOne 2010 Built with Chinese workers via Huawei. [85]

Notes edit

This list was initially developed as part of AfTerFibre,[86] a project to map terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa. The project was sponsored by Google Africa and, on completion, will be hosted by the UbuntuNet Alliance. All information gathered by the project will be publicly available under an open license.[citation needed]

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

  • AfTerFibre Google Group
  • AfTerFibre Map
  • Greg's Cable Map
  • African Undersea Cables

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of the world a large number of such cables exist often amounting to robust Internet backbones The lack of such high speed cables poses a great problem for most African countries The construction of both submarine cables and their terrestrial extensions is thus considered an important step to economic growth and development to many African countries Contents 1 Countries 1 1 Algeria 1 2 Angola 1 3 Benin 1 4 Botswana 1 5 Burkina Faso 1 6 Burundi 1 7 Cameroon 1 8 Chad 1 9 Cote d Ivoire 1 10 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 11 Djibouti 1 12 Egypt 1 13 eSwatini 1 14 Ethiopia 1 15 Gambia 1 16 Ghana 1 17 Guinea 1 18 Kenya 1 19 Liberia 1 20 Madagascar 1 21 Malawi 1 22 Mali 1 23 Mauritania 1 24 Morocco 1 25 Mozambique 1 26 Namibia 1 27 Niger 1 28 Nigeria 1 29 Rwanda 1 30 Senegal 1 31 Somalia 1 32 South Africa 1 33 South Sudan 1 34 Sudan 1 35 Tanzania 1 36 Togo 1 37 Uganda 1 38 Zambia 1 39 Zimbabwe 2 Notes 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCountries editAlgeria edit Operator Started Notes Ref Algerie Telecom 2011 About 200 000 km 120 000 mi of fiber optic cables had been deployed as of December 31 2021 1 2 3 Angola edit Operator Started Notes Ref Africell 2022 4 5 Angola Telecom 1996 6 7 Unitel 2014 8 Zap Fibra 2017 9 Benin edit Operator Started Notes Ref Benin Telecoms 2016 10 11 Liquid Telecom 2018 12 Phase3 Telecom 2009 13 Suburban Telecoms 2007 14 Botswana edit Operator Started Notes Ref Botswana Fibre Networks 2012 Completed the Trans Kalahari Fibre Optic Project in 2008 15 16 Mascom 2013 In 2018 Mascom announced they would be laying Botswana s first fibre to the home service 17 Paratus Botswana 18 Burkina Faso edit Operator Started Notes Ref Bharti Airtel 19 Group Vivendi Africa 2021 20 21 Onatel 2020 State run 21 Orange S A 2021 19 21 22 23 Burundi edit Operator Started Notes Ref Burundi Backbone Service Burundi launched an ICT backbone in 2016 24 Viettel Lumitel ONATEL Website content offline as of 5 24 2018 SEACOM 25 Cameroon edit Operator Started Notes Ref MTN Group 26 27 Camtel State owned 28 29 30 Chad edit Operator Started Notes Ref Camtel 2012 31 32 SudaChad 32 33 Sudatel 32 Cote d Ivoire edit Operator Started Notes Ref Cote d Ivoire Telecom MTN Group Cote d Ivoire 34 National Agency for Universal Service Telecommunications 2013 In 2013 Huawei began building a 6 700 km national fibre network on behalf of the government 35 36 Orange S A Cote d Ivoire 34 22 23 Democratic Republic of Congo edit Operator Started Notes Ref Liquid Telecom 37 Paratus Group 2022 38 Djibouti edit Operator Started Notes Ref Djibouti Telecom 2007 Government run 39 SEACOM 25 Egypt edit Operator Started Notes Ref Sudatel 40 Telecom Egypt 40 eSwatini edit Operator Started Notes Ref MTN Group eSwatini 41 Paratus 41 Telecom 41 Ethiopia edit See also Telecommunications in Ethiopia Operator Started Notes Ref Ethio telecom 42 Gambia edit Operator Started Notes Ref Gamtel 2010 Ghana edit See also Telecommunications in Ghana Operator Started Notes Ref AirtelTigo 2017 Merger of Tigo and Bharti Airtel Expresso Telecom Ghana MTN Ghana National Communications Backbone Company NCBC is a subsidiary of Vodafone Ghana Orange S A 22 23 Tigo Merged with Bharti Airtel in 2017 to become AirtelTigo Guinea edit Operator Started Notes Ref Orange S A 22 23 Kenya edit See also Telecommunications in Kenya Operator Started Notes Ref AccessKenya Group Airtel Kenya Jamii Telecom Kenya Data Networks Kenya Power National Optical Fibre Backbone Infrastructure Safaricom SEACOM 25 Telkom Kenya 43 Liberia edit Operator Started Notes Ref Orange S A 22 23 Madagascar edit Operator Started Notes Ref Telecom Malagasy Telma Malawi edit Operator Started Notes Ref Malawi Telecommunications MTL appears to have completed its domestic fibre optic network in early 2012 44 Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Mali edit Operator Started Notes Ref Gouvernement du Mali In 2011 the Malian government announced a 942 km fibre optic cable project linking Bamako Gao Kidal Tin Zaoutiere to the Algerian border and Gap Ansongo Labezanga to the border of Niger The project was funded by a 45 million loan from the Exim Bank of China 45 Orange S A 46 22 23 Sotelma Malitel 47 Mauritania edit Operator Started Notes Ref Mauritel In May 2011 Mauritel launched a fiber optic cable project linking the towns of Nouakchott and Kobonni 48 49 Morocco edit Operator Started Notes Ref Maroc Telecom 60 of regional fibre network completed in 2010 50 Mozambique edit Operator Started Notes Ref Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique Namibia edit Operator Started Notes Ref NamPower Paratus Africa Various fiber projects deployed since 2011 Full FTTx deployment in various towns Cross country backhaul fiber from WACS West Africa Cable Landing Station through Namibia connecting various land locked countries around Namibia citation needed Telecom Namibia 51 Niger edit Operator Started Notes Ref SONITEL Nigeria edit Operator Started Notes Ref 21st Century Technology Globacom 52 53 MTN Group Nigeria Multi Links Purchased by Helios in 2011 at this time Multi Links had a terrestrial fibre optic network spanning 8 232 km in Nigeria 54 55 56 NITEL Orange S A 23 Phase3 Telecom In 2011 Phase3 were building the West Africa One network an aerial optic fibre transmission system which runs from Nigeria to Benin and Togo 57 58 Suburban Telecoms Rwanda edit Operator Started Notes Ref Green Future 2009 59 MTN Group Rwanda Rwanda Development Board The physical deployment of the RDB s network was completed in January 2011 60 61 Rwandatel SEACOM Partnered with KT Corporation 25 Senegal edit See also Telecommunications in Senegal Operator Started Notes Ref Orange S A 23 Sonatel 62 Somalia edit See also Communications in Somalia Operator Started Notes Ref Hormuud Telecom Liquid Telecom 2013 63 SEACOM 25 SomCable Licensed with 25 years of exclusivity for Metro and Backbone fiber optic infrastructure building citation needed South Africa edit Operator Started Notes Ref Broadband Infraco Broadband Infraco is a South African State Owned Entity SOE that is intended to participate in those segments of the telecommunications market and value chain that impede private sector development and innovation in telecoms services and content offerings Broadband Infraco maintains a national long distance fibre optic network providing high capacity telecommunication services between all major national metropolitan centres and being expanded to enable connectivity to reach smaller cities and rural areas 64 BWired Announced in August 2011 BWired invested 600 million in regional fibre infrastructure 65 Dark Fibre Africa Community Investment Ventures CIV and VenFin are the principal shareholders in DFA ABSA Capital who are a stakeholder in CIV via New GX Capital Holdings also backs CIV Shareholders in Dark Fibre Africa have granted the necessary approvals to adequately capitalize the company for the construction of a nationwide Dark Fibre Infrastructure This funding exceeded R2Bn by 2013 66 Fibreco 2012 Established in 2009 as an equal partnership between CellC Internet Solutions and Convergence Partners 67 68 Neotel NLD Consortium A consortium made up of Neotel MTN Group and Vodacom deployed a national fibre network in South Africa in 2012 69 Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa In 2013 PRASA announced plans to lease excess fibre capacity 70 Telkom Telkom is the dominant operator and has the largest fibre network in South Africa covering approximately 143 000 km as per the 2011 annual report 71 72 South Sudan edit Operator Started Notes Ref South Sudanese Government 2013 73 SEACOM 25 Sudan edit Operator Started Notes Ref Sudatel 33 Tanzania edit See also Telecommunications in Tanzania Operator Started Notes Ref Consortium A consortium of TIGO Zantel Vodacom and Airtel CTV Fiber to the building mainly in Dar es Salaam citation needed National Information amp Communication Technology Broadband Backbone NICTBB 2010 Funded by a soft loan from the Chinese government the NICTBB is being built by the Tanzanian government and will be operated by the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation 74 75 Raha Liquid Telecom Metro fiber Dar es Salaam citation needed SEACOM 25 SimbaNET Metro fiber Dar es Salaam citation needed TANESCO Togo edit Operator Started Notes Ref Phase3 Telecom 2009 13 Togo Telecom 76 Uganda edit See also Communications in Uganda Operator Started Notes Ref Ministry of Information and Communications Technology National Information Technology Authority Uganda SEACOM 2009 25 77 Uganda Telecom Zambia edit See also Telecommunications in Zambia Operator Started Notes Ref Copperbelt Energy Corporation CEC 2008 78 79 Zambia Telecommunications 78 ZESCO 80 Zimbabwe edit Operator Started Notes Ref Africom Dark Fibre Africa 2019 81 82 Liquid Telecom 83 Powertel Telecel Zimbabwe 2014 84 TelOne 2010 Built with Chinese workers via Huawei 85 Notes editThis list was initially developed as part of AfTerFibre 86 a project to map terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa The project was sponsored by Google Africa and on completion will be hosted by the UbuntuNet Alliance All information gathered by the project will be publicly available under an open license citation needed See also editList of international submarine communications cables Central African Backbone Kenya Data Networks Telecommunications in Namibia Internet in Ethiopia People s Republic of China Ghana relationsReferences edit Algeria completed its Algiers Abuja optical fiber link section Algeria News 2 May 2011 Archived from the original on 2012 04 02 Retrieved 9 September 2011 Song Steve 2013 09 09 Algeria Telecom Fibre Network Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Boudjedri Mounia March 11 2022 Haut debit pres de 200 000 km de cable en fibre optique deployes en Algerie a fin 2021 Algeria Press Service in French Archived from the original on March 11 2022 Retrieved March 11 2022 Africell marks mid 2021 for commercial launch in Angola Samena Council 2020 07 22 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Fiber optic cables from mobile operator Africell vandalized in Luanda police Angola Telegraph 2022 04 11 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Song Steve 2012 05 24 Angola Angola Telecom Network Map Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Angola Telecoms Mobile and Broadband Market Analyses Report 2021 Angola Gains Additional International Broadband Capacity ResearchAndMarkets com Business Wire 2022 04 07 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Unitel Google to Build Submarine Fibre Network Innovation Village 2014 11 26 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Zap Fibra fibre optic services expanding in Luanda municipalities Comms Update 2021 01 13 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Benin announces second phase of PDI2T project first phase 83 complete Comms Update 2018 04 16 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Song Steve 2012 03 01 Benin OPT Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Qiu Winston 2019 11 14 Liquid Telecom Announces Terrestrial Cable Connecting East to West Africa Submarine Networks Retrieved 2022 08 04 a b Phase 3 Telecom expands to Benin Togo IT News Africa 2009 09 15 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Nigeria Suburban Partners Benin Telecom on Submarine All Africa 2007 10 13 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Trans Kalahari Fibre Optic Project Complete Botswana Gazette 1 October 2008 Retrieved 12 August 2011 Botswana Telecommunications export gov 2019 07 22 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Mascom launches FTTH in Botswana Comms Update 2018 02 28 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Sehloho Matshepo 2022 05 26 Paratus Botswana brings fiber to Gaborone CBD Connecting Africa Retrieved 2022 08 04 a b Morris Iain 2016 01 13 Orange Buys Airtel Ops in Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Light Reading Retrieved 2022 08 04 Group Vivendi Africa launches FTTH services in Ouagadougou Comms Update 2021 06 08 Retrieved 2022 08 04 a b c Orange enters the optical fiber segment in Burkina Faso Ecofinagency 2021 06 16 Retrieved 2022 08 04 a b c d e f England Joanna 2020 11 16 Orange launches first pan West African fibre network Mobile Magazine Retrieved 2022 08 05 a b c d e f g h Orange launches new high speed telecoms network across West Africa 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terrestrial fibre cable African Wireless 2022 04 26 Retrieved 2022 08 05 a b Alink Telecom Telecommunications Company in Cote d Ivoire Marcopolis 2014 08 26 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Knutsen Elise 20 July 2013 Ivory Coast fibre optic network to boost growth minister Reuters Retrieved 25 July 2013 New fibre optic cable links up Cote d Ivoire Oxford Business GROUP 2017 03 02 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Liquid Telecom Lays Fibre To The DRC And Connects DRC Mobile Operator To Southern African Regional Fibre Network And To WACS Liquid Telecom Press Release 13 November 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2013 Monzon Luis 2022 03 23 Paratus Expands to DRC Connects 620KM Fibre Optic Line IT News Africa Retrieved 2022 08 04 Qiu Winston 2020 03 11 Renovation of the Djibouti Ethiopia Digital Corridor Submarine Networks Retrieved 2022 08 04 a b O Grady Vaughan 2021 04 19 Telecom Egypt and Sudatel plan connectivity cooperation Developing Telecoms Retrieved 2022 08 05 a b c Barton James 2022 04 08 Improved internet connectivity in Eswatini sees steady growth in broadband subscribers Developing Telecoms Retrieved 2022 08 05 Song Steve 2012 03 25 Ethiopia Ethiopia Telecoms Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Planned Submarine Fibre Optic To Boost Kenya s Connectivity Kenya News 2021 08 26 Retrieved 2022 08 05 MTL s USD55m project successful Biztech Africa 21 January 2012 Retrieved 24 September 2013 Addamah Steven 5 July 2011 Mali Dans l optique de la fibre optique Le Griot Retrieved 12 August 2011 Song Steve 2011 08 29 Mali Orange Network 2009 Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Song Steve 2012 03 21 Mali Backbone Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Launch of fiber optic cable project in Mauritania The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa Retrieved 12 August 2011 Song Steve 2012 06 20 Mauritel Mauritania Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Maroc Telecom s first phase of regional fibre backbone 60 complete Telegeography 26 Feb 2010 Retrieved 24 May 2012 Song Steve 2012 05 24 Namibia Telecom Namibia Network Map Flickr Retrieved 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link to the world Yahoo 2013 11 12 Retrieved 2022 08 05 Broadband Infraco Annual Report 2011 PDF Broadband Infraco Retrieved 29 October 2011 New telecoms player to invest billions in fibre TechCentral 2011 08 10 Retrieved 12 August 2011 About Dark Fibre Africa Retrieved 29 October 2011 Song Steve 2012 03 02 South Africa Fibreco Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 FibreCo Telecommunications Deploys Corning Optical Fiber for its Next Generation Network in South Africa Corning 2012 06 26 Retrieved 2022 08 05 Staff Writer 2 July 2012 First phase of MTN national fibre network live MyBroadband Retrieved 18 July 2012 Nyambura Mwaura Helen 30 October 2013 South Africa s PRASA to lease excess fibre optic capacity Reuters Retrieved 31 October 2013 Telkom aims to improve perceptions Business Report 8 April 2011 Retrieved 29 October 2011 Song Steve 2012 01 31 South Africa Telkom National Fibre Network Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 South Sudan plans connection to east Africa s subsea cables Capacity Media 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Flickr Retrieved 2022 08 04 Telecel begins nationwide fibre deployment Comms Update 2014 07 07 Retrieved 2022 08 04 TelOne fibre deal in doubt while NetOne pushes ahead with expansion Comms Update 2015 09 14 Retrieved 2022 08 04 Song Steve 2011 06 29 AfTerFibre Mapping Terrestrial Fibre Optic Cable Project in Africa ManyPossibilities net Retrieved 12 August 2011 External links editAfTerFibre Google Group AfTerFibre Map Greg s Cable Map African Undersea Cables Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa amp oldid 1169817508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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