Contents

The map contains the following features:

• Exploded view for clearest mapping
• Main map scale of 1:10,500,000 (1 cm = 105 km)
• Inset map of West Africa scale of 1: 5,000,000
  (1 cm = 50 km)
• Inset map of East Africa scale of 1: 5,000,000
  (1 cm = 50 km)
• Pie chart showing deployment of terrestrial fibre and microwave network in route-kms by status (operational, under construction, planned and proposed). (2009)
• Line chart showing per cent of population within reach of satellite, GSM and fixed line transmission networks (1999 - 2008)
• Pie chart of international bandwidth (2008)
• Inset map of international bandwidth (2008)
• Area chart of international bandwidth (2002 - 2008)

The map contains the following data:

• Operational fibre optic networks
• Fibre optic networks under construction
• Fibre optic networks planned
• Fibre optic networks proposed
• Microwave networks operational
• Microwave networks planned
• GSM coverage
• Operational submarine cables
• Submarine cables under construction
• Submarine cables planned or proposed
• International satellite earth stations
• National DOMSAT satellite sites
• Population density

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The 2009 Africa Telecom Transmission Map is sponsored by Gateway Communications.

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, GSM Association, and the World Bank.

Countries:

Submarine cable systems:

51 African countries (no data for Morocco, Seychelles or Tunisia):

• 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
• 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
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

32 submarine cable systems:

• ACE (Africa Coast to Europe)
• ADONES
• Atlantis-2
• Atlas Offshore
• Cape Verde Inter-island Submarine Cable
• EASSy (East African Submarine Cable System)
• EIG (Europe India Gateway)
• EUAfrica
• FALCON
• FLAG EA (Europe - Asia)
• FLAG NGN System -2
• GETESA Cable
• GLO-1
• Infinity
• Keltra-2
• LFON (Libya FIbre Optic Network)
• Lion (Lower Indian Ocean Network)
• MAIN-1
• NFOBI (Kenya National Fibre Optic Backbone Initiative)
• SAS-1 (Sudan - Saudi Arabia)
• SAT-2
• SAT-3/WASC (West Africa Submarine Cable)
• SAFE (South Africa Far East)
• SEACOM
• SEAMEWE-2 (South East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe - 2)
• SEAMEWE-3
• SEAMEWE-4
• TEAMS (The East African Marine System)
• TE North (Telecom Egypt North)
• Uhurunet
• WAFS (West Africa Festoon System)
• WACS (West Africa Cable System)