Following the widespread recent service disruption recorded after undersea cable cuts disrupted connectivity in many countries in the region, Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the West African region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure and diversify connectivity to ensure uninterruptible connections.
Ripples Nigeria reports that telecommunications companies and banks in Nigeria were recently hit by an internet outage as a result of damage to international undersea cables supplying them with connectivity.
The damage affected major undersea cables near Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and caused downtime across West and South African countries. The West Africa Cable System (WACS), the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, and SAT3 cables are affected.
