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2Africa

2Africa is one of the largest subsea projects in the world, connecting 46 cable landing stations in 33 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, with a cable length of 45,000km.

When it was first announce in May 2020, 2Africa was 37,000 km in length, connecting 23 countries, including 21 landings in 16 countries in Africa. In August 2021, 2Africa added 4 branches to extend connectivity to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands and Angola and bring a new landing to south-east Nigeria. Later in September 2021, 2Africa officially announced the extension of 2Africa Pearls, extending to the Gulf, Pakistan and India, connecting 46 cable landing stations in 33 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, with a cable length of 45,000km.

2Africa is now the longest subsea cable in the world, followed by SMW3 of 39,000km.

The 2Africa cable system implements a new technology, SDM1 from ASN, incorporating optical switching technology to enable flexible management of bandwidth. Cable burial depth has also been increased by 50% compared to older systems, and cable routing will avoid locations of known subsea disturbance, all helping to ensure the highest levels of availability.

2Africa will be the first time Wavelength Selective Switching (WSS)-ROADM is utilized in Africa, allowing for more flexible capacity management. 2Africa is also the first system of its size to make use of an innovative aluminum conductor for submarine cable systems.

The 2Africa cable system has a design capacity of up to 180Tbps on 16 fiber pairs on key parts of the system.

The 2Africa consortium comprises China Mobile International, Djibouti Telecom, Meta (Facebook), MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, Saudi Telecom Company (stc), Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC. 

Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has been awarded to build the 2Africa cable.

The 2Africa cable system is expected to go live in 2023/4.

2Africa cable map
2Africa cable map,  Source: 2Africa Consortium

 

Title Published Date Hits
WIOCC Lands 2Africa Cable into OADC Durban Data Center 13-02-23 Hits: 520
Vodacom Lands 2Africa Subsea Cable in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 30-01-23 Hits: 690
MTN Lands 2Africa Cable in Yzerfontein and Duynefontein, South Africa 16-12-22 Hits: 1277
Airtel to Land 2Africa Pearls in Mumbai, India 15-12-22 Hits: 949
2Africa Cable Lands in Marseille 14-11-22 Hits: 912
2Africa Cable Lands into Barcelona Cable Landing Station 25-10-22 Hits: 818
Intelvision and Vodafone Partner on 2Africa Seychelles Branch, Funded by IFC 13-06-22 Hits: 1112
Somcable Lands 2Africa in Berbera, Somaliland 01-06-22 Hits: 1376
2Africa Cable Lands in Djibouti 19-05-22 Hits: 1620
2Africa Subsea Cable Achieves First Landing in Genoa, Italy 16-04-22 Hits: 1557
Vodafone to Land 2Africa Pearls in Qatar 09-03-22 Hits: 1322
2Africa Cable Extends to the Gulf, Pakistan and India, Being the Longest Subsea Cable in the World 17-08-21 Hits: 2204
2Africa Cable Adds 4 New Branches to Connect 26 Countries 17-08-21 Hits: 2054
Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Facebook Partner to Build a Fibre Network in the Democratic Republic of Congo 06-07-21 Hits: 1100
Vodafone and CanaLink Plan to Extend 2Africa Cable to the Canary Islands 16-06-21 Hits: 2264
Vodafone to Land 2Africa Cable at Equinix GN1 in Genoa, Italy 26-02-21 Hits: 1593

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