African Ministers Endorse Submarine Cable Project

This was announced at a press conference after the meeting. The 50,000-km cable with a capacity of 3.84 terrabits/sec is designed to provide telecommunications connectivity to Africa and connect the continent to the Americas, India and Europe. It is expected that completion of this project will greatly contribute to a reduction of telecommunications costs that have been a hindrance to doing business in Africa.

"Recognising the urgent need to have ICT broadband infrastructure to support high-quality, high-speed and reliable electronic communications in Africa and connecting to the rest of the world at affordable prices, thus accelerating regional and continental integration, we welcome this initiative and recommit ourselves to ensuring a speedy implementation of this important project," said the Ugandan Minister for ICT, Dr Ham Mukasa Mulira, who chaired the meeting.