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On 4 November 2024, Paratus Group announced that it had completed its East-West Africa terrestrial fibre optic route running from the east coast of Africa in Maputo (Mozambique), through Edwaleni (eSwatini), Johannesburg (South Africa), Gaborone (Botswana), and Windhoek (Namibia), to the west coast of Africa at the Cable Landing Station in Swakopmund (Namibia). “This sea-change in imperatives has arisen due to breakages in certain subsea cable systems,” said Paratus Group CEO, Schalk Erasmus in a company press release. “Operators need a more reliable route and, with, our new East-West route, by connecting to the Equiano subsea cable, we can assure customers a fast and robust alternative”.

In October 2023, Paratus announced that it had established two terrestrial cross border fibre optic routes from South Africa to Mozambique (see Mozambique: Paratus Establishes Two Cross Border Fibre Routes From Mozambique To South Africa). One of the fibre links traverses Eswatini, and the other follows the Kamati Poort route. Paratus previously announced that it had completed a new terrestrial fibre optic crossing to Mozambique in 2020 by lighting up a 750-km route from Maputo (the Mozambican capital), through Eswatini onwards to Teraco Isando DC in Johannesburg (South Africa) (see Mozambique: Paratus Completes 750-km Terrestrial Fibre Route From Johannesburg To Maputo). In June 2018, Paratus completed the Trans-Kalahari Fibre (TKF) route, providing capacity from the WACS submarine cable landing station at Swakopmund to Windhoek (the capital) as well as to Botswana (via Buitepos) and Zambia (via Ngoma and Sesheke see Namibia: Paratus Namibia Completes Trans-Kalahari Fibre (TKF) Route From Walvis Bay – Swakopmund – Windhoek – Buitepos (Botswana)).

Source: Paratus Group