WIOCC reroutes ISP traffic following undersea cable breaks

After a short sabbatical, Colwyn van Rensburg has returned to the Paratus Group as chief development officer.

Liquid says it is bringing a critical increase in the availability of high-speed Internet connectivity for economies in the Indian Ocean islands to South Africa.

Equiano has landing points in Lisbon, Benin, Nigeria, St Helena, Namibia and South Africa.

The new route offers hyper scalers, enterprises, and wholesale carriers direct connectivity to data centres and cloud resources in Johannesburg and Nairobi.

The subsea cable is expected to be a massive job creation machine, driven by the expansion of the digital economy and peripheral sectors.

Stakeholders believe the subsea internet cable will indirectly contribute to the creation of 180 000 jobs and increase GDP up to US$7bn by 2025.

MD of Africa Data Centers, East Africa, explains why the continent will benefit from the telecommunications development and ripple effect on cloud adoption.

Resource forms part of the company’s US$1bn investment in Africa’s digital transformation.

The new Equiano subsea cable will link Africa to Europe via the West Coast of Africa when it is ready for service later in 2022.

Cable is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2022.

Africa-focused tech expert believes the project signals an aggressive push by the company to entrench its value proposition.