Africa's First Major Terrestrial Cable Takes Ten Years to Complete and Connects 660+ Cities and Towns - Liquid Telecom's Next Pan Continental Route May Be East-West

21 September 2018

London — The completion of Liquid Telecom's One Africa network from the Cape to Cairo is a considerable achievement by any measure. In a continent that does not make it easy to build out terrestrial fibre this is probably the largest project completed to date. Russell Southwood spoke to Reshaad Shah, CEO, Liquid Telecom South Africa about how it will be used.

The part of Liquid Telecom's One Africa Network that goes from Cape Town to Cairo is over 10,000+ kms. It connects over 660 cities and towns and required more than forty national and regional licences.

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