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Google Said On Thursday, a fiber optic cable will be built to connect Africa and Australia. One end of the cable, named Umoja (meaning “unity” in Swahili), begins in Kenya and runs through Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa (with access points to each country). and cross the Indian Ocean to the land beneath the sea.
Google says the project aims to “strengthen digital connectivity, accelerate economic growth, and build resilience across Africa.” In addition to the cable itself, the company says it will work with the Kenyan government to advance cybersecurity, data-driven innovation, digital upskilling, and responsible and safe adoption of AI.
Umoja will join Google’s dedicated undersea cable, Equiano, which runs between Portugal and South Africa (with pit stops in other countries).
Google said the new route is critical to increasing network resiliency in the region, which has seen “high-impact failures” in the past. In other words, increasing network redundancy can reduce the catastrophic impact of a failure on a region’s broadband infrastructure.
“The new intercontinental fiber optic route will significantly strengthen our global and regional digital infrastructure,” Kenyan President William Ruto wrote about the effort in a Google blog post. “This effort is crucial in ensuring redundancy and resilience of our region’s connections to the rest of the world, especially in light of recent disruptions caused by undersea cable cuts. Strengthening our digital backbone not only improves reliability, but also paves the way for increased digital inclusion, innovation and economic opportunity for workers and businesses.”