How Banks, Telcos Across Africa Suffered Outage As Undersea Cable Gets Damaged
- By Metropolix ~
- March 14, 2024 --
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– Undersea Cables
By St. Johnson Adegboyega
African countries Thursday suffered outages as major internet access got struck because of damage to submarine communications cables, telecom operators said.
“Breaks in multiple major undersea cables have affected connectivity services in several West African countries,” the South African operator MTN Group said in a post on X.
It said it was trying to reroute internet traffic through “alternative network paths” and working with partners to repair the cables, without providing details on the damage.
Ivory Coast was suffering the biggest impact of the cuts, followed by Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso.
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