Connectivity into South Africa – and the rest of Africa – has exploded in the past 15 years and continues to grow at a rapid pace.
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The first big segment of the massive 2Africa submarine cable system, is live, connecting South Africa with Kenya.
Seacom expects its subsea cable system in the Red Sea to be repaired in the third quarter of 2024.
Work is under way to repair two cable systems that were damaged on 12 May causing internet disruptions across East Africa.
The Léon Thévenin, a cable repair ship, has set sail to repair damage to internet cables on Africa’s east coast.
Two submarine internet cables that connect South Africa and Kenya went on the blink on Sunday.
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.
Podcast | TechCentral speaks to Darren Bedford, chief development officer at Wiocc, a company originally founded to invest in the Eassy cable system along Africa’s east coast, about its growth plans.
The West African Cable System has suffered another break – at the worst possible time for South Africa, with many people now relying on home broadband connections to work.