Is a US-West Africa submarine fibre optic cable on the way?

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Guest authors

Could the US and West Africa soon enjoy a dedicated subsea link? It’s early days yet, but this week US lawmakers have passed legislation to at least examine the feasibility of building a subsea cable linking the US to Africa.

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Lightstruck partners with City of Windhoek in fibre network rollout

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July 17, 2024
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South African fibre installation company Lightstruck has entered into an agreement with the Namibian City of Windhoek’s City Link initiative to advance the city’s fibre network commercialisation efforts.

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Bahrain’s Beyon announces expansion of Al Khaleej Cable

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July 18, 2025
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Bahrain-headquartered technology group Beyon has announced the signing of an agreement to develop Khaleej North, an 800-kilometre submarine cable system that will further expand the planned Al Khaleej Cable, expected to be in service by Q2 2026, b…

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Nokia and STC trial long-haul terabit data centre link

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January 10, 2025
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Nokia and Saudi Arabian telco STC Group say that they’ve successfully wrapped up what they claim is the first trial in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region of a long haul terabit optical solution for data centre interconnectivity.

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