Multiple East African countries experienced internet disruptions due to a deep-sea fiber cut affecting submarine cables including Seacom and Eassy. The incident led to slow speeds and intermittent internet connectivity in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, and other nations. Repair efforts are ongoing, but restoration may take time.
Fresh damage to undersea cables that supply African countries with the internet has raised new fears about the continent’s network vulnerabilities as it marks the third widespread disruption this year. https://t.co/DiQ1UGRIRj
Internet Disruption: Internet connectivity back to near normal levels Communication Authority notes residual back log generated by outage Safaricom acquired additional capacity from other undersea cable providers #CitizenTonight @SamGituku https://t.co/00WBuauPUI
Communications Authority [@CA_Kenya] reports that the restoration of internet services following deep sea fibre cuts is underway. However, the backlog of internet traffic may take some time to clear. https://t.co/fV5c4Ornot
Internet is back in Tanzania. Vodacom Tanzania has also promised to issue full refunds to affected customers who were unable to use their bundles. Hello Safaricom. https://t.co/fR0pgHJghh
Several African countries have been hit by internet outages. Africa's reliance on a limited number of undersea cables for the internet makes the continent more susceptible to disruptions. And repair can take up to weeks. https://t.co/WQEDRrl4TP
The latest internet undersea cable damage in Kenya and Tanzania is stirring fears over Africa’s internet vulnerabilities https://t.co/DiQ1UGRIRj
Internet Disruption: Why Kenyans May Have To Wait Longer For Connection To Be Restored https://t.co/pZxagtApvi https://t.co/tVJ8OGLsnI
Internet disruption: Why Kenyans may have to wait longer for connection to be restored https://t.co/hHHmzX4AC9
Internet disruption explained: Undersea cables providing internet to East Africa were breached. Repair of undersea cables to take 2 to 3 weeks. Ship undertaking repairs leaving port of Cape Town to disruption site #TheExplainer @SamGituku https://t.co/QpqEg03du7
The third damage in 2024 to undersea internet cables serving Africa has raised fears about the continent’s network vulnerabilities https://t.co/LvsCX2mDEI via @SemaforAfrica
Africa's internet vulnerability and how to fix it https://t.co/qgBhQC5AFE
Internet outages caused by new damage to undersea cables — the third widespread disruption this year — have raised new fears about Africa's network vulnerabilities. https://t.co/hhTXSGTVbk
East Africa's latest outage is the third such cable break in as many months in Africa raising fears over the continent's internet vulnerabilities, finds @onu_kwue for @SemaforAfrica https://t.co/8EXgwYf7Ef
East Africa's latest outages stir fears over Africa’s internet vulnerabilities https://t.co/DiQ1UGRIRj
Since Sunday morning, the Internet here in Zanzibar and many parts of East Africa has been down / interrupted due to reported cuts in the under-sea cables connecting the region to the rest of the world via South Africa – crippling banks, hospitals, educational institutes, etc. https://t.co/LUcqkLpPF8
This is a Map of African undersea cables in Africa as of April 2024. According to @CA_Kenya, there were cable cuts at Mtunzini, South Africa EASSy and Seacom cables land. This disrupted internet access in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Mozambique, and a few other countries. https://t.co/WEboBw0Nrl https://t.co/8wAkXaFl2d
Kenya’s telecoms regulator has warned that the internet disruptions that hit East Africa on Sunday will persist for days and asked service providers to use alternative routes. https://t.co/J87XdDOigj https://t.co/vbs8toCgaG
On Sunday, May 12, issues with the EASSy and Seacom submarine cables again disrupted connectivity to East Africa. https://t.co/AEy7wxMZMD
⚠️ Update: Metrics show internet connectivity remains diminished in several East #Africa countries after Sunday's subsea cable network disruption, leading to continued slowdowns for many users; the incident is attributed to a break near Mtunzini landing station in South Africa https://t.co/JPI8ki5C8d
Kenya among countries hit by major internet outage https://t.co/rjZgUV98cA
Slow internet speeds to continue in coming days due to deep-sea fibre cut affecting cable services in Kenya; Communications Authority says recovery process underway https://t.co/JSVBNGi1wE
🛜 | The Communication Authority [@CA_Kenya] says a deep-sea fibre cut at Mzunzini station in Kenya is affecting multiple submarine cables including Seacom & Eassy. 💻 As a result, Kenyans will keep experiencing internet intermittency and slow speeds for the coming few days… https://t.co/Ag9rKzEP3E
What to know about submarine cable cuts behind East Africa internet outage https://t.co/5H95EBkFpH
Internet services were disrupted in South Africa and a host of countries on the east coast of the continent, as two subsea internet cables experienced a fault at the same time on Sunday. | @brederode00 https://t.co/IzNgupfap9
East African Internet Connectivity Impacted by Subsea Cable Cut https://t.co/c9omm7QUhy