Regional Submarine Cable Connectivity
Submarine Cable Companies
- Out of 7 submarine companies, 6 pass through West African coastal countries
| BENIN | BURKINA FASO | CABO VERDE | COTE D’IVOIRE | THE GAMBIA | GHANA | GUINEA | GUINEA BISSAU | LIBERIA | MALI | NIGER | NIGERIA | SENEGAL | SIERRA LEONE | TOGO | |
| Landing Points | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| S/N | Submarine Cable Companies | Country Landing Points | Length of Cable | Landing Capacity |
| 1 | ACE | ·       Dakar, Senegal,
·       Banjul, the Gambia ·       Conakry, Guinea ·       Freetown, Sierra Leone ·       Monrovia, Liberia ·       Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire ·       Accra, Ghana ·       Cotonou, Benin ·       Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
17,000Â km-long
(France – South Africa) |
5.12 Tbit/s |
| 2 | GLO -1 |
|
9,800Â km long
(Lagos – UK) |
2.5 Tbit/s |
| 3 | Main One | ·       Dakar, Senegal ,
·       Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire ·       Bonny, Nigeria |
14,000Â km
(Nigeria – UK) |
10 Tbit/s |
| 4 | ATLANTIS-2 | ·       Praia, Cape Verde
·       Dakar, Senegal |
12,000 kilometers
(Argentina – Portugal) |
160Gbit/s |
| 5 | SAT-3/WASC | ·       Dakar, Senegal ,
·       Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire ·       Accra, Ghana ·       Cotonou, Benin ·       Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria |
800 Gbit/s | |
| 6 | WACS | ·       Nigeria, Lekki, near Lagos
·       Togo, Afidenyigba near Lomé ·       Ghana, Nungua near Accra ·       Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan ·       Cabo Verde, Palmarejo near Praia |
14,530Â km
(West Cape, South Africa – London, UK) |
14.5Tbit/s |
| 7 | EllaLink | Will be live in 2020 | ||
|  | TOTAL – 33.08 Capacity |
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