"The Via Africa project will comprise a submarine cable system that will connect Europe to Africa along the Atlantic coast, and provide a subsea route alongside existing infrastructure at a time when, says the consortium, demand for cloud services, artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and international traffic is rapidly increasing across the continent."
"The communications system aims to connect Europe to South Africa - including landing points in the UK, France and Portugal - with destinations along the Atlantic coastline such as the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria. Including extensions further south, the net result will be to contribute to greater diversity and resilience of international connectivity serving Africa, by providing a different subsea route than existing infrastructure and strengthening the robustness of regional connectivity."
"It will operate under a consortium model, and participating operators will be able to co-invest in the infrastructure and play a direct role in governance, deployment and future operation. By being managed as a consortium, the project is seen as enabling participating partners seeking autonomy and sovereignty to co-invest in the infrastructure and take part in its governance."
"They add that such a "robust and proven" model allows investors to participate directly in the decisions regarding the design, deployment and exploitation of the system, and contribute to decisions that best meet their needs."
Via Africa is a subsea infrastructure project intended to strengthen connectivity between Europe and Africa along the Atlantic coast. The submarine cable system will connect Europe to South Africa with landing points in the UK, France, and Portugal, and will reach destinations including the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria. Extensions further south will increase diversity and resilience of international connectivity by providing a different subsea route than existing infrastructure and improving robustness of regional connectivity. The project will operate under a consortium model in which participating operators can co-invest and take part in governance, deployment, and future operation. Major investors including Vodafone and Orange Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to initiate the scheme.
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