On 30 October 2024, WIOCC (West Indian Ocean Cable Co) announced that it had completed the deployment of a Mombasa Metro Network, interconnecting all major data centres in Mombasa. According to a company press release, this strategic infrastructure allows clients to seamlessly scale their operations and access high-capacity bandwidth at key data centres and cable landing stations across Mombasa County. In addition, WIOCC said that a protected National Long Distance (NLD) network is being built between the capital city Nairobi and Mombasa and a Metro Network in Nairobi County set to be completed by the end of Q4 2024. The next phase, planned for Q2 2025, will see the network extended to other counties and the borders with neighbouring countries.
James Wekesa, WIOCC Group’s Chief Commercial Officer, highlights: “Through our significant investments in subsea assets, terrestrial fibre and metro networks, we are uniquely positioned to support the growing connectivity demands of the region and position Kenya as a leading innovation hub in Africa. Our investments enhance the ability to interconnect traffic from the 2Africa cable to other major systems such as SEACOM, EASSy, DARE1, PEACE and TEAMS, offering diversity and flexible service delivery across multiple data centres based on our client requirements.”
Source: WIOCC
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