2Africa

2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that circumnavigates the coastline of Africa to interconnect Europe and the Middle East. The 2Africa cable project is being funded by a consortium of eight global partners.[2]

2Africa
Cable typeFibre-optic
Design capacity180 Tbit/s
Built byAlcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN)
Area servedAfrica, Middle East, and Europe[1]
Websitewww.2africacable.net

The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing (SDM1) and has a design capacity of 180 Tbps across 16 fiber pairs.[3][4] When complete, 2Africa will be the largest subsea cable in the world, at 45,000 kilometers long, connecting 46 cable landing stations across 33 countries.[5]

2Africa passes 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.[6] and is intended to be operational in 2024.[5]

Cable ownership

2Africa is owned by a consortium consisting of eight members, namely:[2]

Landing points & Operators
2Africa Cable Landing Points
Location Operator & Technical Partner
Barcelona, Spain AFR-IX Telecom[7]
Marseille, France Vodafone Group Plc[8]
Genoa, Italy Vodafone Group Plc[9]
Tympaki, Greece Vodafone Group Plc[10]
Port Said, Egypt

Ras Ghareb, Egypt

 Telecom Egypt[11][12]
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

 Saudi Telecom Company[13]
Djibouti City, Djibouti Djibouti Telecom[14]
Berbera, Somaliland SomCable[15]
Victoria, Seychelles Intelvision[16]
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Airtel Africa[17]
Nacala, Mozambique Vodacom Mozambique[18]
Mahajanga, Madagascar Telma Madagascar[19]
Maputo, Mozambique Vodacom Mozambique[20]
Durban, South Africa West Indian Ocean Cable Company[21]
Eastern Cape, South Africa Vodacom[22]
Yzerfontein, South Africa

Duynefontein, South Africa

 MTN Group[23]
Luanda, Angola Unitel Angola[24]
Moanda, DR Congo

Pointe-Noire, DR Congo

 Orange RDC, Airtel Africa[25][26]
Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria MainOne (Equinix)[27]
Lagos, Nigeria Bayobab (MTN Group)[28]
Accra, Ghana Bayobab (MTN Group)[28]
Abidjan, Ivory Coast MTN Group[29]
Dakar, Senegal Sonatel[30][31]
Telde, Canary Islands Vodafone Group Plc[32]
Carcavelos, Portugal Vodafone Group Plc[33]
Bude, United Kingdom Vodafone Group Plc[34]

In September 2021, 2Africa announced a new segment of the cable called '2Africa PEARLS', which is planned to extend to the Persian Gulf, India and Pakistan.[35]

2Africa PEARLS Branch (planned)
Location Operator & Technical Partner
Barka, Oman

Salalah, Oman

 Ooredoo Oman[36]
Doha, Qatar Vodafone Qatar[37]
Manama, Bahrain Batelco, Saudi Telecom Company[38]
Kuwait City, Kuwait KEMS Zajil Telecom[39]
Al-Faw, Iraq ITPC[39]
Karachi, Pakistan Transworld Associates[40]
Mumbai, India Bharti Airtel[41]

See also

References
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