2Africa
2Africa
Proposed international submarine telecommunications cable
2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that circumnavigates the coastline of Africa to interconnect Europe and the Middle East. It is funded by a consortium of companies including several telcos and Meta.[2] The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing (SDM1).[3][4]
2Africa pass from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks.[5] and is intended to be operational in 2023.[3] On 9 December 2022, the cable landed in South Africa, which will be formally launched by MTN Group on 13 December 2022.[6][4]
