2Africa


2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that interconnects Africa and further connects Asia and Europe. It passes from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
It is one of the first submarine cables to use spatial division multiplexing and has a design capacity of 180 Tbps across 16 fiber pairs. 2Africa is the largest subsea cable in the world, at 45,000 kilometers long, connecting 46 cable landing stations across 33 countries.
The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks and is intended to be operational in Q4 2025. In November 2025, Meta announced that the core 2Africa system was completed.
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Cable ownership

2Africa is funded by a consortium consisting of eight members, namely:

Open access model

The consortium has mandated that every operator of 2Africa must provide effective access to the international capacity at reasonable prices and on non-discriminatory terms. Cable landing station operators can be penalized and even completely disconnected from the 2Africa system if they fail to provide access to capacity at their landing points.

Landing points and operators

In September 2021, 2Africa announced a new segment of the cable called '2Africa PEARLS', which extends to the Persian Gulf, India and Pakistan.
LocationOperator & Technical Partner
Kalba, UAEEtisalat by e&
Barka, OmanOoredoo Oman
Salalah, OmanOoredoo Oman
Doha, QatarVodafone Qatar
Manama, BahrainSaudi Telecom Company
Al Khobar, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Telecom Company
Kuwait City, KuwaitKEMS Zajil Telecom
Al-Faw, IraqITPC
Karachi, PakistanTransworld Associates
Mumbai, IndiaBharti Airtel