The principal activity of the connectivity business is to provide resilient, end-to-end managed, wholesale connectivity solutions into, out of and within Africa. The Group has revolutionised the delivery of high-capacity connectivity between Africa and the rest of the world, building and operating hyperscale network infrastructure.

This is to ensure that content and OTT (Over-the-Top) providers, telecommunications network operators and internet service providers (ISPs) can take advantage of the many opportunities Africa has to offer – both now and in the future.

Premium connectivity solutions comprising metro, national and international terrestrial networks integrated with subsea networks.

NETWORK REACH

Connecting Africa to the World

>200,000km

of subsea systems

 

Fibre pair

ownership on Equiano and 2Africa + in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and other markets

 

>115,000km

of terrestrial fibre

 

150Tbps

subsea Capacity

 

70%

IP traffic exchanged via peering

 

1,000+

Connecting in excess of 1,000 locations in 30 countries

 

pan-african footprint

Unrivalled Subsea and Terrestrial Capacity and Ownership


WIOCC owns its fibre pairs on major high-capacity subseasystems, including Equiano and 2Africa (the longest subseacable in the world). It has extensive capacity across EASSy,WACS, ACE and others, offering superior redundancy andscalability. The terrestrial fibre reach and cross-borderconnectivity, seamlessly integrate with internationalsubmarine connectivity.

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