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 |
17,000 km-long
(France – South Africa) |
5.12 Tbit/s |
| 2 | GLO -1 |
|
9,800 km long
(Lagos – UK) |
2.5 Tbit/s |
| 3 | Main One | · Dakar, Senegal ,
· Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · Bonny, Nigeria |
14,000 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 · Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan · Cabo Verde, Palmarejo near Praia |
14,530 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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