MainOne, West Africa’s leading digital infrastructure service provider, has warned that repairs to undersea cable cuts that are affecting internet services in many parts of the region will take more time to complete. The company said in a statement that the measures to be taken include first identifying and assigning a vessel to retrieve the necessary spare parts, and then sailing to the fault location to carry out repair work. The outage hit many communications service providers and other businesses over the weekend.
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Nigeria:
Submarine Cable Cut – Mainone Provides More Information, Announces Service Restored to Some CustomersPremium Times, March 17, 2024
“The repair time is to ensure that our services are fully restored and that we are able to provide independent supply capacity to our customers.” Read more »
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West Africa:
In other countries such as Nigeria, it could take a month for the internet to be fully restored.Premium Times, March 16, 2024
Repairs to an undersea cable cut that is affecting internet services in Nigeria and many parts of sub-Saharan Africa could take about five weeks to complete, Main One said… Read more »
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Africa:
Tracing the history of Africa’s internet submarine cables connecting continents and leaving behind digital dividesThe Conversation Africa, March 15, 2024
On March 14, large parts of western and central Africa and some countries in southern Africa were left without internet service after four services were disrupted… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Undersea cable cut disrupts data and voice services on Africa’s west coastPremium Times, March 15, 2024
The carriers of these cables have started repairs. read more “
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Africa:
Microsoft says the problem with slow internet connections in Africa is being resolvedNile Post, March 14, 2024
Microsoft Africa is close to fixing an outage that is plaguing users across the continent. Who is the culprit? Damaged submarine fiber optic cable disrupts internet traffic. read more “
Fiber optic cable installation work in progress (file photo).
