Facebook’s 2Africa to become world’s longest subsea cable

Facebook has announced a new segment of subsea cable called 2Africa Pearls, which connects three continents – Africa, Europe, and Asia. This extension will bring the total length of the 2Africa cable system to more than 45,000 km, making it the longest subsea cable system ever deployed.

The 2Africa initiative’s goal, as its name suggests, is to provide internet connectivity to people in Africa, which is currently the world’s least connected continent.

The 2Africa subsea cable system will provide nearly three times the total network capacity of all the subsea cables serving Africa today. With 2Africa, the social media giant had planned to increase connectivity to 1.2 billion people.