Congo looks for alternatives to WACS cable

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Guest authors

The Republic of Congo has announced plans to connect the country to a, so far unidentified, new undersea cable following a number of reports regarding faults in the long-established WACS cable on which the country heavily relies.

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ECOWAS Commission still moving on Amilcar Cabral subsea cable

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June 24, 2024
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Plans to build a fibre-optic submarine cable connecting six members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have reportedly been moving forward this month after key meetings in Guinea-Bissau and Guinea.

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Seacom’s subsea cable service disrupted

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February 27, 2024
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Seacom, which claims ownership of Africa’s most extensive ICT data infrastructure, apparently experienced an outage on its subsea cable system over the weekend.

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AFR-IX Telecom announce Medusa cable’s first landing

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October 10, 2025
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Medusa, the submarine fibre optic cable system owned by AFR-IX Telecom, an infrastructure and licensed telecommunication operator that delivers internet and data services across Africa, has landed at a cable landing station in Marseille, France.

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