Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history
Digital colonialism
Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the fibre optic cables that run below the world's oceans. Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah, an associate professor at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, is currently writing a book on fibre optic cables and digital connectivity. She spent time in late 2023 aboard the ship whose crew is responsible for maintaining most of Africa's undersea network. She spoke to The Conversation Africa about the importance of these cables.
Fibre optic cables now literally encircle Africa, though some parts of the continent are far better connected than others. This is because both public and private organisations hav...
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