2Africa
2Africa is a proposed international submarine telecommunications cable intended to circumnavigate the coastline of the continent of Africa to interconnect Europe and countries in Africa and the Middle East. It is funded by a consortium of companies include several telcos and Facebook. The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing.
2Africa will pass from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks. The system is intended to be operational in 2023/2024.
