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World’s longest subsea cable lands in Djibouti, East Africa

18 May 2022

Meta's 2Africa subsea cable has landed in Djibouti City, Djibouti. Djibouti Telecom announced on 13 May that the country’s 9th subsea cable, which is 45,000 km long, had landed in the capital. At 45,000 km and circling the African continent, the subsea cable is the longest fibre optic cable in the world and will connect three continents: Africa, Asia, and…

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Djibouti to get new data center and cable landing stations

15 October 2021

Djibouti is due to get two new cable landing stations and a data center. Djibouti Telecom this week said it had broken ground on a new Cable Landing Station in Djibouti City. Wingu.Africa has partnered with Djibouti ISP TO7 Network to develop a carrier neutral data center and carrier neutral cable landing station. Read more

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wingu.africa breaks ground on hyperscale data center in Ethiopia

15 January 2021

Pan East African data center operator wingu.africa broke ground on its hyperscale data center park located in the ICT Park, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The new Addis Ababa hyperscale facility and a second planned facility in Adama are set to complement the group's efforts to help its customers and the young population of Ethiopia. Read more

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