FG invests $2b in 90,000km submarine cable network

The Guardian | February 26, 2025

• The Nigerian Federal Government is leading a conversation to ensure the protection of the submarine cables and prevent incessant submarine cable cuts and damages in the deep sea. 

• At the Submarine Cable Resilience Summit, which begins today in Abuja, members of the International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience have converged to build consensus on how to protect the submarine cables, improve resilience.

• 90 per cent of Nigeria’s internet traffic is based on sub-sea cables, so as the country continues to push for a stronger digital economy, it must ensure the resilience of that infrastructure.

• Their Federal Government is investing $2 billion in 90,000 kilometres of submarine cable network across the country to ensure connectivity and avoid events like the cuts that happened in West Africa in March last year 

• These cuts affected 13 countries in West Africa, because the four submarine cables were cut off the coast by underwater earthquakes.