Internet service providers serving Africa have been forced to send their traffic via elaborate detours.
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Repairs to damaged subsea cables in West Africa are expected to take at least five weeks.
Disruption to internet services for millions of users in Africa could take weeks or even months to fix.
Widespread problems were affecting the internet in South Africa on Thursday due to multiple undersea cable breaks.
Telkom has signed a number of agreements with Google that have secured it a revenue pipeline of nearly R1-billion.
Repairs to the Sat-3 cable system are complete, marking the end of repair work on three broken subsea cables.
Repairs to the cable Ace, one of three subsea systems that broke off Africa’s western coastline, are under way.
Telkom’s infrastructure subsidiary, Openserve, said repairs to two broken subsea cables are under way.
The Wacs and Sat-3 cables should be repaired next month, according to telecoms companies.
The unprecedented damage to three major undersea internet cables has thrust South Africa into a precarious position.