East African countries affected by major submarine cable cut
Many East African countries have been hit by major internet outages following a submarine cable cut.
The event which happened on May 12 has caused slow internet speed and disruptions and affected East African and South African internet service providers.
Countries including Kenya and South Africa have been affected.
According to Citizen Digital, network providers including network giant Safaricom are adopting redundancy measures to salvage the situation.
“We have experienced an outage on one of the undersea cables that deliver internet traffic in and out of the country. We have since activated redundancy measures to minimise service interruption and keep you connected as we await the full restoration of the cable. You may, however, experience reduced internet speeds,” Safaricom said in a statement.
Leading Pan-African technology group, Liquid Telecom Technology also reported issues with the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and the Seacom cables.
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for the group wrote in a social media post, “All sub-sea capacity between East Africa and South Africa is down. EASSy Cable - fault confirmed. Seacom Cable - observing fault that occurred at the same time”.
