Sub-sea cables fail: Internet outage in East Africa

Internet services were severely impacted in East Africa today because two submarine internet cables that connect South Africa and Kenya are down.

Ben Roberts, the group chief technology and information officer at Liquid Intelligent Technologies, posted on X today that internet to East Africa is severely impaired.Its me again. Internet to East Africa is severely impaired. All sub sea capacity between East Africa and South Africa is down.3 cable cuts in Red Sea remain unrepaired.

Duncan McLeod, the founder and editor of TechCentral, said in an X post this afternoon that ‘Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Madagascar and Tanzania are impacted’. “This is the third major event affecting internet cables in Africa since February.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

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