CURRENTLY ON AIR ⇒
  • Ml Suhaib Lasanya
    Friday, 9:05 pm - 10:00 pm
    [ - ]

feedback@radioislam.org.za

logo


((( Listen Live )))))
Radio Islam Logo


Africa’s highest capacity undersea internet cable reaches South Africa

Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za

3min read
7 October 2022 | 09:45 am CAT

Africa’s highest capacity sub-sea internet cable, Equiano, has reached its destination in the ports of South Africa.

According to a statement by Google, this project will have a significant economic impact on the country and will help to drive digital transformation across the continent.

 

 

Speaking to Radio Islam International, Google’s Siya Madikane says the project will help create jobs while improving internet speed.

“In South Africa, we anticipate that this will indirectly contribute to the creation of 180 000 jobs and increase EDP by up to $7 billion in the year 2025 – so we do anticipate that it will have quite a huge impact in terms of our lives and also includes that it will increase the speed of the internet by up to 20 times,” says Madikane.

Equino halting from Portugal has so far reached Nigeria, Namibia and Togo and finally reached South Africa in September.

Built by Google, the cable, in partnership with Openserve, Africa’s largest wholesale infrastructure provider, will be taken inland.

“We have the cable right up until Cape Town, Muberstrand, and then from there, our partner, Openserve, will then connect through the cable and bring it inland so then it will then be open to their customers whether it be corporate or a private customer,” he says.

Google says this project will see consumers pay less for data and increase internet speed.

Listen to the full interview here with a Google representative: 

ADVERTISE HERE

Prime Spot!!!

Contact:
advertisingadmin@radioislam.co.za 

Related Articles

Apartheid-Era Trials Unearthed in New Book by Yunus Carrim

Apartheid-Era Trials Unearthed in New Book by Yunus Carrim

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 5-minute read 29 August 2025 | 18:30 CAT The painful yet powerful legacy of South Africa’s liberation struggle has been brought into sharper focus with the release of Attacking the Heart of Apartheid, a new book by historian and...

read more
Dr Taskeen Fathima Docrat: Researching Rooibos

Dr Taskeen Fathima Docrat: Researching Rooibos

Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 28 August 2025 3-minute read A scientist turning a proudly South African brew into a weapon against one of the world’s toughest diseases. Dr Taskeen Fathima Docrat from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology is leading...

read more
The Middle East Report

The Middle East Report

Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 29 August 2025 | 11:41 CAT 3-minute read Gaza ceasefire mediators have diverging objectives While Qatar and Egypt have have persuaded Hamas to accept the month-old ceasefire proposal, the United States and Israel have...

read more
The Media Lens

The Media Lens

28 August 2025 | 10:25 CAT 2-minute read Silencing the Truth: Gaza Journalists Under Fire In today’s segment of the Media Lens, Ibrahim Deen delivered a searing critique of how Western media coverage is quietly facilitating the erosion of press freedom—and, with it,...

read more
The Asia Pacific Report

The Asia Pacific Report

FORUM-ASIA reports shrinking civic space across Asia as HRD crackdowns increase 28 August 2025 | 09:15 CAT 2-minute read In its sixth biennial Defending in Numbers: Reclaiming Civic Space, Unbroken Voices report, released on 14 July 2025, FORUM-ASIA delivers a stark...

read more

Subscribe to our Newsletter

0 Comments