On Thursday 13th March, 2024 damage to underwater fibre optic cables caused an internet outage in major parts of Africa especially in West Africa with Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Ghana the worst affected countries.[1]
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According to data center and connectivity provider MainOne, the internet outage that hit West and Central Africa earlier in that week (from Tuesday 12th March 2024) was caused by a break in its submarine cable system.[2]
The West Africa Cable System (WACS), the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), SAT-3 and MainOne were among the system cables affected in Thursday’s outage.[3]
In Ghana, the subscribers of MTN Ghana[4] and Telecel Ghana[5] were the majorly affected.
References edit
- ^ "South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Ivory Coast hit by major internet outages". 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ Staff (2024-03-14). "Much of west and central Africa without internet after undersea cable failures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Massive Africa Internet Outage Could Takes Weeks, Months to Fix". Bloomberg.com. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "MTN Ghana apologises to subscribers for internet connectivity challenges - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Details of the outages on multiple submarine optic fibre cables that hit MTN Ghana, others". GhanaWeb. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-16.