Internet outage may last for 2 weeks in West Africa, here's why

  • Efforts are ongoing to swiftly restore services for its affected customers following internet outages in Nigeria and neighbouring countries
  • The disruptions stemmed from damage to international undersea cables vital for telecommunications and banking operations
  • Reports confirmed that the damage, centred near Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, is impacting connectivity across several West and South African nations

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MainOne, a company providing digital infrastructure services in West Africa, expects it could take up to two weeks to fix its undersea submarine cables.