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Africa’s total inventory of terrestrial transmission networks has more than doubled in the last five years, and passed the milestone of 1 million route-kms during 2015. The seventh annual edition of the Africa Telecom Transmission Map published by Hamilton Research shows that by June 2015, the inventory had increased to 1,019,649-km. This compared to 958,901-km in 2014, 905,259-km in 2013, 732,815-km in 2012, 660,230-km in 2011, and 585,468-km in 2010. Operational Fibre Inventory Reaches 622,930-Km This total network inventory includes both terrestrial microwave and fibre networks which are operational, under construction, planned and proposed. By June 2015 the amount of operational fibre optic network had increased to 622,930-km, compared to 331,066-km in 2010. In addition, there was in June 2015 a further 90,821-km of fibre optic network under construction, 87,323-km planned, and 71,831-km proposed. Approximately one-fifth of the total fibre inventory is within cities: of the inventory... Read More →

Africa’s international Internet bandwidth reached the 3 Tbps mark by December 2014, according to the seventh annual edition of the Africa Telecom Transmission Map published by Hamilton Research. Africa previously reached the 2 Tbps mark in December 2013, 1 Tbps in mid 2012, 500 Gbps in December 2010, and 100 Gbps during 2008. All of Africa’s international bandwidth is supplied by submarine cables, terrestrial networks connected to submarine cables, or satellite. At current growth rates, Africa’s international bandwidth will reach 4.5 Tbps by the end of 2015. Already by June 2015, Kenya had reached 789 Gbps according to the Communications Authority, an annual increase of 80.8% compared to 436 Gbps in June 2014 (see Kenya: Kenya’s International Bandwidth Reaches 789 Gbps, June 2015). Egypt meanwhile reached 632 Gbps by June 2015 according to MCIT, an annual increase of 72.8% compared to 366 Gbps in June 2014 (see Egypt: Egypt’s International Bandwidth Reaches 631.63 Gbps, June... Read More →