Bayobab Kenya, a part of the Bayobab Group beneath MTN Group, has introduced the completion of a long-distance fiber community connecting Mombasa to Malaba and Busia. This fiber community extends to the border of Kenya and Uganda, the place it interconnects into Uganda for onward connectivity to Rwanda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fiber follows Kenya Railway’s meter gauge railway line route, spanning over 1,000 kilometers on the Kenyan aspect, offering a chance for cities alongside the path to be related to the web, Bayobab stated.
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Bayobab Kenya’s New Fiber Community
The brand new fiber route enhances Bayobab Kenya’s first section of the challenge launched in 2022, which related Mombasa to Malaba alongside the Kenya Pipeline, providing vital community variety and redundancy. The corporate talked about that Web Service Suppliers (ISPs) trying to broaden or improve connectivity within the areas alongside the route will be capable to leverage Bayobab Kenya’s open-access long-distance fiber infrastructure as an environment friendly, high-capacity spine.
Bayobab’s Ambition 2025 Fiber Growth
Bayobab Kenya stated, “Our Mombasa-to-Malaba Fiber Challenge in Kenya is a testomony to our imaginative and prescient for a related and empowered nation and continent. By connecting Mombasa to Malaba, we purpose to create a seamless pathway to Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and the DRC, fostering financial improvement and development throughout these international locations.”
“The initiative is a key element of Bayobab’s Ambition 2025 aim to construct 135,000 kilometers of fiber throughout Africa,” Bayobab Kenya added.
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Enhancing Connectivity in Africa
Bayobab stated this new route represents a major milestone in boosting reliability and making certain low-latency connectivity inland and cross-border between the East and West coasts of Africa. It should additionally hyperlink landlocked international locations to subsea cables on the port of Mombasa utilizing the shortest route and supply a novel route to guard and strengthen providers for Bayobab Kenya’s current and new prospects.
