Make some space on your wall.
The 2025 Africa Telecommunications Map is out—and it pairs perfectly with this year’s Submarine Cable Map.
The latest edition of our Africa map depicts 77 cable systems connected to Africa that are currently active or under construction.
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Cables Coming Soon
While used international bandwidth has significantly increased in Africa in recent years, the region has been plagued by submarine cable faults.
Fortunately, a number of new cables are planned in the region to help provide more resilience for African connectivity. Keep reading to learn about a few of them.
(Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and challenges in cable deployment in the Red Sea could lead to delays.)
2Africa
Meta is leading a new African submarine cable consortium project planned to extend 45,000 km and link 33 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and South Asia. Consortium partners include China Mobile, MTN, Orange, Saudi Telecom, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC.
The first segments of this cable entered service in 2024, but deployment of a critical portion of the cable in the Red Sea is delayed due to permitting and security problems off Yemen.
View this cable on our interactive map.
Africa-1
The Africa-1 consortium is comprised of several telecom carriers including Etisalat, Mobily, Pakistan Telecommunication Company, and Telecom Egypt.
The cable will span from Europe to Pakistan via Egypt and connect multiple countries in Africa and the Middle East.
View this cable on our interactive map.
Raman
Google, in collaboration with Sparkle and OmanTel, plans to build the Raman cable connecting Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, and India.
The cable will interconnect with Blue in Jordan for onward connectivity to Europe.
View this cable on our interactive map.
Medusa Submarine Cable System
Telecom operator AFR-IX Telecom is building a private cable crossing from the eastern to western Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic.
The Medusa system will connect the southern European countries of Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece with the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt.
View this cable on our interactive map.
India Europe Xpress (IEX)
This system spans over 10,000 km, linking Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, and India. IEX is a consortium cable initiated by Reliance Jio, China Mobile, and other undisclosed partners.
View this cable on our interactive map.
SeaMeWe-6 (SMW6)
This 19,200 km Europe-Asia cable system will connect France to Singapore. The cable will have two landings in Africa—Egypt and Djibouti.
View this cable on our interactive map.
Umoja
In May 2024, Google announced this cable that will connect the west coast of Australia to South Africa. From South Africa, the network will extend north through Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya. The terrestrial path will be provided by Liquid Technologies.
View this cable on our interactive map.
Transport Networks Research Service subscribers can find more information about the cables coming to Africa (and beyond) in our regularly-updated table of Planned Submarine Cables. This resource contains ownership, landings, cost, and other critical information.
And thanks to our generous sponsor Telecom Egypt for making the 2025 Africa Telecommunications Map possible.
Patrick Christian
Patrick Christian is a Senior Research Manager with TeleGeography. He heads the Cloud and WAN Research Service. He also focuses on African and European markets specializing in international bandwidth markets and internet infrastructure, WAN services, terrestrial and submarine cable systems, and international voice traffic analysis.
