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The Meta Platforms-backed 2Africa submarine broadband cable, which is being built around the African continent, has been brought ashore in Durban.
The first-ever submarine broadband Internet cable has been brought ashore in the Eastern Cape, in Gqeberha.
Meta Platforms-backed submarine Internet super-cable, the 2Africa system that will eventually encircle the African continent, has landed in South Africa.
The 2Africa submarine Internet cable has been brought ashore north of Cape Town. These photos showcase what is involved.
Wiocc, one of the original investors in the Eassy submarine cable system, is gearing up for rapid expansion in data centres across Africa.
African infrastructure company Wiocc has raised $200-million in new debt and equity funding to build data centres and other infrastructure on the continent.
Facebook is upping its efforts to connect the next billion people to the Internet – many of whom live in Africa – with new investments in subsea cables, robotics and wireless last-mile technologies.
The consortium behind the planned 2Africa submarine cable system has announced the project will be expanded further, making it the longest such system ever deployed.
Facebook and some of the world’s largest telecommunications carriers, China Mobile and MTN Group, are set to build a wider-than-earlier-planned giant subsea cable in Africa.