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Benedict Collins

Google reveals first subsea cable connecting Africa and Australia

3d rendering of a submarine power cable on the seabed.

Subsea cables are essential for global interconnectivity, and as an added bonus they contribute to economic, educational and technological growth.

This is why Google has announced it is investing in the first fibre optic subsea cable between Africa and Australia, nicknamed Umoja, which will travel through east, central and southern Africa before diving beneath the Indian Ocean to reach the land down under.

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