07 February 2025

The Malian government wants to strengthen national telecoms infrastructure in 2025 with a $35 million national digital health strategic plan.
The country will begin with the construction of a Tier 3 data centre and the extension of the national fibre optic network, which should accelerate national network coverage, which could help improve people’s access to the digital services deployed by the government as part of its digital transformation.
06 February 2025
Telecom Egypt has established a Mediterranean submarine connection on the 2Africa cable with the technical support of Cisco. The operator is thus strengthening its digital infrastructure to better meet the growing demand for capacities for new services.
“The exponential growth of capacity-intensive applications, such as cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI) in the region, is fuelling the demand for increased capacity in submarine networks. This requires consistent and high-performance transmission systems. This project allows Telecom Egypt to maximize the potential of its submarine assets on the 2Africa cable,” said Telecom Egypt in a statement.
06 February 2025
The Chadian government plans to install 1,200km of optical fibre across the country as part of the Electronic Communications Infrastructure Modernization Project.
This initiative could help strengthen the coverage of telecom services in the country by connecting areas that were previously deprived of access. However, according to the ‘Diagnostic of the Digital Economy of Chad’ published in June 2023 by the World Bank, the national fibre optic backbone remains insufficient for a country of this size, despite the progress made in recent years. The Bretton Woods institution stresses the need to develop more links, particularly to Libya in the North and the Central African Republic in the South, to enable Chad to achieve universal connectivity.
06 February 2025

PAIX Data Centres is building a new data centre in Dakar, Senegal, representing a major strategic milestone as it expands its network in West Africa to fulfil the growing need for high-quality digital infrastructure.
The company said that four submarine cables are already connected to Dakar (ACE, MainOne, SAT3, SHARE) and more cables are currently being installed (2Africa), making the data centre a key access point for customers looking to serve the region’s emerging markets.