Pan Africa
Africa50 - ICT
The Project will supply dark fibre access as well as active fibre capacity across ten African countries, connecting several landlocked countries to subsea cables. It will offer substantial improvement for data traffic for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and hyperscalers operating in these countries and avoid the current bottlenecks with global Internet traffic landing and outgoing from Africa.
Impact
Productivity:
- Help bridge Africa’s connectivity gap by improving broadband access for landlocked African countries
- Boost consumption of local content throughout the region and promote inter-regional exchanges and regional economic development
- Help in circumventing the long-distance congested submarine cables running along Africa’s coast which will result in cutting latency by up to 65%
- Address the increasing need of booming African data centers
- Reduced costs and increased performance of local enterprises across sectors
- Harmonization of regional data and security regulations
Employment:
- Creation of c. 60 permanent jobs during operations as well as 1,000+ of contractor jobs for fibre build, O&M, logistics and security.
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Focus Sectors & Criteria
We prioritize investment in the power, ICT, transport, and midstream gas sectors.
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Investment Vehicles
Bringing project development and financing together in one organization, Africa50 seeks to provide support at every stage of the project cycle.
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Innovation Challenge
Join Africa50 in finding innovative solutions to respond to Africa’s most critical and pressing infrastructure challenges.