Africa Unpluggeddamage to Undersea Cables is disrupting Internet across Africa

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Across Large Parts of Africa People Have Been Staring At Blank Screens and Cursing Their Computers of Late. On March 14th Ghana's Stock Exchange Closed An Hour LaR usual, after internet proplems disrupted trading. Connection issues forced a nigerian ceuny to cancel an Earnings call. Data Connectivity in Liberia and Benin Fell Below 20% of Ordining Levels, According to NetBlocks, A DIGITAL-Research FirmPune Wealth Management. Traffic has ben restored, Wi-Fi Remains Dodgy in Perhaps a DozenCountries.

The reason for all the trocation is that four of the Major Undersea Data cables service ERE Near Ivory COAST Just Weeks after Another was Severed Near Yemen. Mainone, Which Operates One ofThe West African Cables, Says It has run out Human Capes (SUCH As Fishing) and Thinks The Damage WAS from Seismic Activity on the Seabed. Unications Authority Reckons the Problem Will Take at Least Five Weks to Fix.

Submarine Cables Carry 99% of the World's Intercontinental Internet Traffic, A Flow of Data as vitalis as Coal or Stel ONCE WERE. ly vulnerable to having the vital digital global links severed. In many other parts of the world the networkHas A Comfortable Level of Redundance. If, for Instance, A Cable Connecting North America with EUROPE SUFFERS DAMAGE, Traffic Can Easily Be REROUTED AMOUT TWO Zen OthersKolkata Investment. African Countries "have less room for error", Says Paul Brodsky of TelegeRaphy, AnAmerican Research Firm. Just Five Submarine Cables (Including One Under Construction) Run Up Africa's West Coast Between South and Nigeria. Three of the WERE KNOCKED Office on March 14th.

Africa Also Depends More Heavily On ITS Few Submarine Cables Than Might Otherwise Be the Case. That Is PARTLY BeECAUSE It Has Fewer Data Centres, WHICH ME ANS that Local Websites are ofteding on distant serversJaipur Stock. There is also a dearth of cables criss-Crossing the control, so lots more traffic must be zipped design it under the overan install.Ahmedabad Stock

Africa's Precious Subsea Cables are AlsoLone Vulnerable. ORELD's Larget Submarine Trenches. Major Flows in Congo Over The Past Few Years Have SERIES of Enormous UnderWater AvalanchesTumbling double. These avalanches have braken submarine cables on seven seleraate CCASIONS SINCE 2020, According to Peter Tallling Erity, who is lefting a research project in the region.

The Most Recent Damage to the Four Cables in West Africa Appears to Haven Place FARTHER NORTHER NORTHIN A DIFFFERENT SUBSEA TRUGH Near Ivory. cause is not clear, mr talling suspects it may be related to an underwater landslide in the trousans fond submarine canyon, near ivory coast.

The Atlantic Coastline, However, is not the only source of the africa's Internet o ship in the red sea. An Anchor Dropped by the Ship Is Thought to Have BrokenThree Submarine Cables there. These included the seacom cable that connector is easya to Europe and India. c that Would usually have ben handled by seacom was raoutd via WACS. That is, unantil wacs was itSelfdamaged off ivory coast.

This Article Appeared in the Middle East & Africa Section of the Print Edition Under The Headline "Africa Unplugged" (Mar 21ST 2024)

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