Nigeria and some other African Countries such as, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Ghana, Liberia and Niger are battling with poor internet supply.
According to Boomberg, which happens to be one of the world leading financial organizations and other stakeholders say arteries for telecommunications were all affected on Thursday
According to data and lament from social media subscribers including NetBlocks,Kentik, Cloudfare admit that the cut in internet triggers outage and connectivity issues for all mobile phone operators and all internet service provider in West Africa Countries
Microsoft and MTN Nigeria explain that the cause of damage is yet to be determined but went further to say this damage were as a result of cut on the undersea cable,
“Result of damage to international undersea cables across East & West Africa,
“The repair process is ongoing to resolve the situation as soon as possible
“Starting at 10:30 UTC on 14 Mar 2024, customers using Azure Services in South Africa North and South Africa West may experience increased network latency or packet drops when accessing their resources,” the company said.
“We have determined that multiple fiber cables on the West Coast of Africa — WACS, MainOne, SAT3, ACE — have been impacted which reduced total capacity supporting our Regions in South Africa.
“In addition to these cable impacts, the on-going cable cuts in the Red Sea — EIG, Seacom, AAE-1 — are also impacting capacity on the East Coast of African”.
