The Meta-led 2Africa subsea cable has landed in Nigeria.
“Bayobab is pleased to have successfully landed the 45,000km-long 2Africa cable in Ghana and Nigeria,” the telco formerly known as MTN GlobalConnect announced this week.
Bayobab is a pan-African digital connectivity company founded in 2018 as MTN GlobalConnect. The business rebranded last year.
At 45,000km, 2Africs is the worl’s longest subsea cable and will connect 33 countries with 46 landing points across Africa, Europe, and Asia when it is complete. Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) is responsible for manufacturing and deploying the 16-fiber pair, 180Tbps cable, which is due for final completion in 2024.
In Nigeria, the cable landed in the Lekki area of Lagos. The cable landed in Accra, Ghana, in November.
CEO of Bayobab, Frédéric Schepens said: “Following two milestone landings in South Africa, we are pleased to announce 2Africa cable landing further up the continent, in Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria.
“The 2Africa initiative is at the core of the work we do as Bayobab, with the ultimate goal of connecting Africa to the world and the world to Africa. We are eager to continue offering services that will expand the rapidly growing African digital economy and positively impact growth across the continent.”
Meta, along with Telecom Egypt, China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, Vodafone, and the West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) announced the 2Africa cable, that would circle the African continent, back in 2020.
Work laying the East African portion of the cable started in late 2022. Work on the west portion of the cable began last year. Landings in Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Portugal, and the UK are planned in the coming months.
