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https:\/\/wp.fifu.app\/southafricatoday.net\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWZyaWNhLW5ld3Nyb29tLmNvbS9hZnJpY2FyYy9sb2dhbmFseXRpY3M_cHJlc3NfaWQ9MjU3ODc0JnByZXNzX3NvdXJjZT1MaXF1aWQlMjBJbnRlbGxpZ2VudCUyMFRlY2hub2xvZ2llcw\/42ac0a8c3052\/liquid-dataport-launches-its-shortest-fibre-route-connecting-the-east-coast-to-the-west-coast-of-africa.webp?p=149453&amp;w=1600&amp;h=0&amp;c=0 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/wp.fifu.app\/southafricatoday.net\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWZyaWNhLW5ld3Nyb29tLmNvbS9hZnJpY2FyYy9sb2dhbmFseXRpY3M_cHJlc3NfaWQ9MjU3ODc0JnByZXNzX3NvdXJjZT1MaXF1aWQlMjBJbnRlbGxpZ2VudCUyMFRlY2hub2xvZ2llcw\/fe1d8671b78a\/liquid-dataport-launches-its-shortest-fibre-route-connecting-the-east-coast-to-the-west-coast-of-africa.webp?p=149453\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/246135\/https:%7D%7Dwww.Liquid.Tech\/website\" rel=\"nofollow 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This is the shortest route connecting East to West Africa, reducing data transmission latency by 20 milliseconds. The much anticipated 3,800km route marks a new era in East-West connectivity on the continent, adding to Liquid\u2019s One Africa Digital Network, which now spans 110,000 km.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The fibre route connects Kenya and DRC, passing through Uganda and Rwanda and bringing more reliable and affordable broadband connectivity to over 40 million people living and working in all the major cities along the route. The latest route complements Liquid\u2019s earlier achievement, already a first, in 2019, linking Dar Es Salaam to Muanda on the West Coast of \u00a0DR Congo via Zambia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hardy Pemhiwa, President &amp; Group Chief Executive Officer of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, said, \u201cThe real challenge today is closing the access-usage gap in Africa so that more Africans can use the internet technologies available to them, now and in the future. This East-West route which compliments our existing Pan Africa fibre network, is significant because it is helping to solve that problem \u2013 it not only brings global traffic to the continent but also improves the cost economics of Africa\u2019s broadband Internet access.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The new East-West route enables Liquid\u2019s customers to take advantage of capacities ranging from 1Mbps to 100,000Mbps. It enables cloud supplier redundancy with access to multiple data centres and cable landing stations, ensuring maximum uptime. This is hugely beneficial to the many businesses in East, Central &amp; Southern Africa that are embarking on their digital transformation journey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In order for African enterprises to expand continentally and compete with their global counterparts, they need stable, reliable connectivity with low latency and access to numerous digital tools to optimise their businesses.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a significant number of wholesale, enterprise and hyperscale customers along this route, and we fully support them in operating their global networks. The availability of our latest and shortest East to West route brings many proven economic and social benefits &#8211; from providing access to online educational resources to creating more jobs and driving the adoption of new technologies,\u201d said David Eurin, Chief Executive Officer of Liquid Dataport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Mombasa-Muanda route will help global organisations looking for Internet resiliency avoid the Red Sea and Europe routes which have become bottlenecks for global internet traffic, and will provide faster fibre connectivity to landlocked countries on the African continent, creating significant attractiveness for growing connectivity hubs in Kenya and DRC.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Liquid Intelligent Technologies.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Liquid Intelligent Technologies:<\/strong><br \/>\nLiquid Intelligent Technologies is a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group with operations in over 25 countries in Africa. Liquid has firmly established itself as the leading provider of pan-African digital infrastructure with a 110,000 km-long fibre broadband network and satellite connectivity that provides high-speed access to the Internet anywhere in Africa. Liquid is also leveraging its digital network to provide Cloud and Cyber Security solutions through strategic partnerships with leading global players. Liquid is a comprehensive technology solutions group that provides customised digital solutions to public and private sector enterprises and SMEs across the continent. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liquid.tech\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.Liquid.Tech\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/liquid-dataport-launches-its-shortest-fibre-route-connecting-the-east-coast-to-the-west-coast-of-africa?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Angola\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (https:\/\/www.Liquid.Tech), a pan-African technology group, has launched its newest fibre route connecting Mombasa, Kenya, to Muanda on the west coast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). 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