Nairobi- Kenya and China have made a breakthrough in digital infrastructure cooperation, as they officially activated the eastern segment of the 2Africa submarine cable in Nairobi on Friday, 7 November 2025. The initiative aligns with Kenya's Digital Superhighway and Creative Pillar agenda, which aims to deploy 100,000 kilometers of national fibre optic cable, establish 25,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots, build ICT hubs in every ward, and expand access to online government services. China Mobile has. This is a list of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa. While submarine communications cables are used to connect countries and continents to the Internet, terrestrial fibre optic cables are used to extend this connectivity to landlocked countries or to urban centers within a country. The launch of 2Africa enables us to offer our customers seamless connection between Africa and Europe, together with our SEA-ME-WE 5 and AAE-1 subsea cable resources to further extend to Asia, which is an important milestone of our global development strategy,” said Jessica Gu, Director & Chief. 2Africa is one of the largest subsea projects in the world, connecting 46 cable landing stations in 33 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, with a cable length of 45,000km. When it was first announce in May 2020, 2Africa was 37,000 km in length, connecting 23 countries, including 21 landings in 16. The 2Africa project is a collaboration between China Mobile and several international telecom operators, including Meta (formerly Facebook), Vodafone, Orange, Center3 (formerly STC), Bayobab (formerly MTN), WIOCC, and Telecom Egypt. In a ceremony attended by senior Kenyan government officials, Chinese diplomats and.