[kictanet] Kenya gets sixth 16 Terabytes per second submarine fibre cable

[Barrack Otieno]

Hi @Watila Alex <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>

Commendable progress has been made in this area. As far is know traffic at
KIXP has grown significantly and there are many more IXPs coming  up in
Africa under the Africa Union and Internet Society supported AXIS
Project. @Michuki
Mwangi <mwangi at isoc.org> can speak more authoritatively on what is
happening on the Regional front.


Regards

On Wed, 30 Mar 2022, 6:22 pm Alex Watila via KICTANet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> what is the state of peering between the different  African countries?
>
> are we still able to keep local traffic local?
>
> are regional exchange points working e.g. can we keep eac traffic local?
>
> thanks
>
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022, 09:24 Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> The cable has a designed capacity of 16 Terabytes per second and is
>> expected to last 25 years. The cable is set to improve efficiency and cut
>> internet costs in Kenya.
>>
>> Dubbed Peace Cable, it is connecting Pakistan, Kenya, Egypt, France and
>> countries along the way with an extension to Singapore and South Africa.
>>
>> It was funded under Public Private Partnership courtesy of Telkom Kenya,
>> Orange, Telecom Egypt, Cybernet, HMN Tech and PCCW Global.
>>
>>
>> https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-03-29-kenya-gets-sixth-submarine-fibre-cable-worth-sh44-billion/
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