Meta completes core of 2Africa subsea cable as project pushes toward 2026 expansion

Cassava Technologies’ African tech business Liquid Intelligent Technologies announced on Wednesday it has upgraded its 1,300-km fibre route in Kenya that connects the coastal city of Mombasa to Busia on the Ugandan border.

During MWC Shanghai 2025, the F5.5G All-Optical Industry Summit took place with the theme of “10 Gbps Broadband and All-Optical Premium Transmission for a Win-Win AI Era.”

The government of Nigeria has revealed ambitious plans to launch a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the delivery of an additional 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable to complement existing infrastructure and increase connectivity across Nigeria.