Kenya alone has 7 operational submarine cables landing primarily in Mombasa, with 2 more — Africa-1 and Daraja — expected operational in 2026-2027. Across the broader region, undersea fiber capacity has multiplied four-fold over the last decade and continues to expand. This is a list of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa. While submarine communications cables are used to connect countries and continents to the Internet, terrestrial fibre optic cables are used to extend this connectivity to landlocked countries or to urban centers within a country. Safaricom is listed as the project proponent in the Facebook submarine partnership. Project name: Daraja, which means “bridge” in Swahili. Purpose: To build a new, high-capacity subsea fiber optic cable to improve internet speed. The Daraja Fibre Optic Cable Project (Daraja) is a subsea cable of 4,108 kilometres, interconnecting landings at Salalah in Oman and Mombasa in Kenya. Daraja means "bridge" in Swahili, which is also known as Kiswahili and is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found. Meta Platforms Inc. The 2Africa cable, which. At Spectrum Engineering Africa, we deliver high-performance fiber optic networks that form the digital backbone for enterprises, institutions, and service providers across East Africa. From multi-kilometer trunk deployments to last-mile connectivity, our fiber solutions are reliable, scalable, and.