Introduction
As of October 2010, two new African submarine cables became active and fully functioning.
|
MaIN OnE (phase 1) |
EASSy |
|---|---|---|
Location |
West Coast, South Atlantic Ocean |
East Coast, Indian Ocean |
Cost (millions of USD) |
240 |
265 |
Length (km) |
7,000 |
10,000 |
Capacity (Tb/s) |
1.92 |
3.84 |
Completion |
July 2010 |
July 2010 |
Ownership |
US, Nigeria, AFDB |
African Telecom Operators 90% |
Updates can be gathered from here and here. The status of various submarine cables connecting Africa to the rest of the world as seen in October 2010 can be seen below. 
To show the effects of these cables coming online, we shall consider minimum RTTs and jitter. We should see a considerable decrease in the minimum RTT and jitter for hosts that have direct connection with active submarine cables. The landing points of these cables and countries are listed below.
- MaIN OnE (phase 1) - going from North to South
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Altavista, Canary Islands
- Dakar, Senegal
- Abijan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Accra, Ghana
- Lagos, Nigeria
- EASSy - going from North to South
- Port Sudan, Sudan
- Djibouti
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Moroni, Comoros
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Toliary, Madagascar
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Mtunzini, South Africa