Contents

• Exploded view for clearest mapping
• Main map scale of 1:12,000,000
• Inset map of Central West Africa scale of 1: 5,000,000
• Inset map of Eastern and Southern Africa scale of 1: 8,500,000
• Chart: International Internet Bandwidth (Gbps), Africa 2012 - 2022
• Chart: Route-kms Terrestrial Transmission Netwok, Africa 2012 - 2023

The map contains the following data for 353 network operators in 55 African countries, and 74 submarine cable systems:

• Operational fibre optic networks
• Fibre optic networks under construction
• Fibre optic networks planned
• Fibre optic networks proposed
• Microwave networks operational
• Microwave networks planned
• Operational submarine cables
• Submarine cables under construction
• Submarine cables planned or proposed

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The 2023/24 Africa Telecom Transmission Map is sponsored by Liquid Telecom.

Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the dozens of network operators for providing information, and the following organisations for their input and advice into the research and production of this map: Africa Analysis, Balancing Act, CIESIN, ECCAS, ECOWAS, Europa Technologies, Liquid Telecom, WIOCC, and the World Bank.

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo, Rep
• Congo, DRC
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Reunion
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

• 2Africa
• AAE-1 (Asia Africa Europe 1)
• ACE (Africa Coast to Europe)
• Aden - Djibouti
• ADONES
• ALPAL-2
• ALVAL (Algiers – Valencia)
• Atlantis-2
• Atlas Offshore
• Avassa
• BRICS
• Cable sous marin l'Afrique Centrale (CSM-AC)
• Cabo Amilcar Cabral
• Cape Verde Inter-island Submarine Cable
• CEIBA-1
• CEIBA-2
• Djibouti Africa Regional Express (DARE)
• DIDON
• EASSy (East African Submarine Cable System)
• Ellalink
• EIG (Europe India Gateway)
• Equiano
• EUAfrica
• FALCON
• FLAG EA (Europe - Asia)
• FLAG NGN System -2
• FLY
• FLY LION 3
• G2A (Gulf to Africa)
• GBI (Gulf Bridge International)
• Gombessa
• GLO-1
• GLO-2
• Hannibal
• IMEWE (India - Middle East - Western Europe)
• IOX Cable System
• Keltra
• LFON (Libya FIbre Optic Network)
• Libya - Italy
• Libya (Tripoli - Benghazi)
• LION-1 (Lower Indian Ocean Network 1)
• LION-2 (Lower Indian Ocean Network 2)
• LOUKKOS
• Mandji
• MAIN One
• Maroc Telecom West Africa cable
• MARS (Mauritius and Rodrigues Submarine Cable System)
• MEDUSA
• METISS (Melting Pot Indianoceanic Submarine System)
• NCSCS (Nigeria - Cameroon Submarine Cable System)
• Nzadi Cable System
• ORVAL (Oran – Valencia)
• PEACE (Pakistan East Africa Cable Express)
• Red2Med
• SABR (South Africa - Brazil)
• SACS (South Atlantic Cable System)
• SAIL (South Atlantic Inter Link)
• SAS-1 (Sudan - Saudi Arabia)
• SAS-2 (Sudan - Saudi Arabia)
• SAT-2
• SAT-3/WASC (West Africa Submarine Cable)
• SAFE (South Africa - Far East)
• SEACOM
• SEAMEWE-3 (South East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe - 3)
• SEAMEWE-4
• SEAMEWE-5
• SHARE (Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express)
• Silphium
• SAEx-1 (South Atlantic Express)
• SAEx-2 (South Atlantic Express)
• SEAS (Seychelles East Africa System)
• T3 (Mauritius Telecom Troisieme Cable)
• TEAMS (The East African Marine System)
• TE North (Telecom Egypt North)
• Ultramar
• Unitel North Submarine Cable (UNSC)
• WACS (West Africa Cable System)