Liquid Intelligent Technologies increases resilience in its cross-border capacity between Kenya and Uganda.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies upgraded its 1,300-kilometer fibre route that connects Kenya's east coast city of Mombasa to Busia on the Ugandan border. 

 According to the Cassava Technologies-owned business, the move will increase the region's multi-terabit capacity and resilience.

The company said this expansion enables Liquid to provide its customers with 99.99% uptime availability of services between Mombasa and the Uganda border, reinforcing its role in the region's digital transformation.

Adil El Youssefi, CEO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies: Rest of Africa, commented: “The improved connectivity provided by this route, complementing our existing routes to the Uganda border, will support critical business sectors across the region, providing reliable, high-capacity networks essential for digital transformation and economic development.

Liquid’s investment also complements the Kenyan government’s digital transformation initiatives, contributing the infrastructure and connectivity needed to develop digital superhighways and digitise services.”

The company said Kenya is emerging as a 'leading digital and connectivity' hub in East Africa, with multiple undersea cable providers docking at the port of Mombasa. 

Liquid’s new fibre route, it said, complements its existing terrestrial fibre routes, rapidly expanding data traffic and further boosting the region’s connectivity capabilities. 

It added: “Using advanced technology; the new fibre route carries several terabits of data, making it a scalable option to meet the needs of Liquid’s retail, home, enterprise and wholesaler customers.

“It also positions Liquid’s East African operations well to support international hyperscalers entering the African market seeking to access the opportunities and growth that the continent has to offer.”