Comments on: Another Fibre Optic Cable Internet Connectivity for Africa

By: Meet WACS, the latest submarine cable into Africa | Oluniyi D. Ajao

Meet WACS, the latest submarine cable into Africa | Oluniyi D. Ajao — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:58:02 +0000

[...] In case you missed the memo, Africa is rising. Having been largely ignored in the development of the Internet, things have been changing rapidly in the past decade with telecommunication companies forming alliances with financial institutions to bring serious data connectivity into Africa, and with it, lots of potential for prosperity. You can thus understand my excitement each time a new submarine cable is announced. [...]

By: MTN Ghana's lofty mobile broadband promise | Oluniyi D. Ajao

MTN Ghana's lofty mobile broadband promise | Oluniyi D. Ajao — Sat, 28 May 2011 06:20:10 +0000

[...] WACS (West Africa Cable System) is a soon-to-be-launched submarine communications cable linking South Africa with the United Kingdom along the west coast of Africa. The cable is expected to land in the following African countries: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde as well as the Canary Islands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. The design capacity of WACS is at least 3.84 Tbit/s, now upgraded to 5.12 Tbit/s – making it the fastest data cable into Africa. [...]

By: Free Broadband in Accra Mall Ghana | Oluniyi D. Ajao

Free Broadband in Accra Mall Ghana | Oluniyi D. Ajao — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:48:47 +0000

[...] and there are plans to extend the cable system to South Africa. MainOne competes with SAT3 and glo-1 in West Africa. AKPC_IDS += [...]

By: A first-hand experience of super fast broadband in Lekki Nigeria | Oluniyi D. Ajao

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:16:41 +0000

[...] was as intrigued about it being a freebie as I was with the potential speed. You see, Main One is a submarine cable system that carries gigabytes of data from Europe to West Africa and so, I expected their connectivity [...]

By: Examining Technology & Entrepreneurship as the panacea to poverty in Africa | Oluniyi D. Oluniyi D. Ajao from Michigan, United States

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:59:18 +0000

[...] a lone cable (as well as thousands of expensive VSAT terminals) for 9 years is now being served by 3 active submarine fibre optic cables: SAT3, MainOne and [...]

By: François from Netherlands

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:26:18 +0000

The Kenyans are also about to complete a number of cables. These are EASSy, TEAMS and SEACOM. The TEAMS cable will have a capacity of 1.2Tbps This will make it one of the highest bandwidths available in Africa. The SEACOM consortium has already suggested a ring around the entire African coastline which would link with the West African cables. This will mean that intra-African digital markets and connectivity will suddenly be realized. This is definately very good news for Africa.

By: Shola from Ghana

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:07:07 +0000

Hi,
That’s a good piece information and all things being equal, the Sub-Saharan states will soon enjoy fast internet access that we have, so far, been denied.
When a friend told me what we stand to enjoy if this becomes a success, I could only pray for the quick completion of this project that is going to change the way we go online.
Imagine watching videos, live matches, etc from the internet which for now is an almost impossible issue giving the state of slow connection in the West Africa States!

By: 2009: Is Africa’s Internet Revolution Coming? | Bottom Billion Blog from London, United Kingdom

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:29:53 +0000

[...] cables are nearing completion this year whilst further cables are in development. David Ajao has coverage of the Main One cable, expected to serve Ghana and Nigeria in its first phase, before extending [...]

By: solomonsydelle from District of Columbia, United States

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:23:39 +0000

Interesting. Based on my research, the globacom cable was supposed to provide service to Ghana as well.