On 17 November 2025, Meta Engineering announced the completion of the 2Africa submarine cable system. 2Africa is the first cable to connect East and West Africa in a continuous system and link Africa to the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. 2Africa was built by a consortium of global partners led by Meta, including Bayobab (MTN Group), center3 (stc), CMI, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Group, and WIOCC, came together to design and invest in what would become the world’s longest open access subsea cable system.
Meta notes that 2Africa is delivering a step change in international bandwidth for Africa, according to a company press release, with technical capacity that far exceeds previous systems. For example, on the West segment, stretching from the UK to South Africa, and landing in countries including Senegal, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, DRC, and Angola, the cable supports 21 terabits per second (Tbps) per fibre pair, with 8 fibre pairs on the trunk. This results in a total trunk capacity of up to 180 Tbps.
Source: Meta Engineering
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