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Google and Facebook's submarine rivalry to cable Africa

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The big guns of Silicon Valley, Google and Facebook, are in the race to bring high-speed broadband to Africa via submarine cables.

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Facebook drops San Francisco-Hong Kong submarine cable amid growing national security concerns

Facebook has withdrawn its proposal for the Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE), according to a September 10 FCC filing. The move comes just weeks after the social media giant abandoned the Hong Kong link of another trans-Pacific submarine cable, the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN), after US agencies flagged the project for potential national security risks.

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Road traffic in Kinshasa, 2019.
Spotlight | DRC Battle over control of digital plate registry holds back reform Senegal Fuel crunch and IMF pressure deepen challenges for new PM Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô
Senegal's new prime minister, Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô.
Inner Circle | Libya Misrata native Mohamed Raied moves on all fronts in business and politics
The Misurata Free Zone in Misrata, Libya, June 2022.
Guinea Conakry's unpaid bills leave army without South African vehicles Angola, Zimbabwe Businessman Pedro Soco's regional commodity push from Luanda to Harare Kenya Ruto moves to defuse backlash over US Ebola facility
Kenyan President William Ruto and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington on 4 December 2025.
Africa French foreign ministry finalises diplomatic reshuffle Kenya Cabinet secretary Kagwe forms committee for embattled tea industry
Kenya's Minister of Agriculture in Nairobi, in March 2020.
DRC Kinshasa's Francophonie candidate steps up bid in tour of Arab countries Chad N'Djamena races to replace ageing Kribi oil export platform Tunisia Mokhtar family differences delay diversification of Castel subsidiary

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