Comments on: SEACOM undersea cable is 54 days from completion but Malawi will not be connected as soon as possible

By: Clement Nyirenda

Clement Nyirenda — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:03:35 +0000

@Steve: Maybe, we will get connected by November, 2009. Looks like preparations in Malawi were centred around the EASSY cable, which was conceptualized much earlier than SEACOM, but has been facing severe problems in the implementation phase. It will, however, be ready by next year.What pains me is the fact that other landlocked countries such as Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia were able to foresee that the SEACOM cable was going to be completed much earlier than the "difficult" EASSY. They put in place mechanisms that are now enabling them to get connected to the SEACOM cable as soon as possible. As I write, Kampala is connected to the SEACOM cable just like Dar-es-salaam, Nairobi, Mombasa, Durban, Maputo and Johannesburg. Kigali and Addis Ababa will be connected shortly.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:43:02 +0000

Fantastic! Hopefully Malawi will catch up sooner rather than later. Life is short!
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By: Clement Nyirenda

Clement Nyirenda — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:38:45 +0000

@steve: It surely will. By the way they launched this cable two days ago.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:27:51 +0000

Hopefully this will pave the way to cheaper phone calls to Africa… the days of milking Africans in diaspora off their hard-earned money through these exorbitant phone calls are numbered. One has to keep the faith!
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By: webkinz

webkinz — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:25:08 +0000

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Seacom Fibre Cable Africa — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:52:36 +0000

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By: Shailendra

Shailendra — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:33:38 +0000

Don’t worry Malawi will also be connected soon. It happens in the world that some countries have the latest technologies and others are struggling for that. It’s very natural, every one can not get the same thing at the same time but gradually it will be there.

By: fedirigo

fedirigo — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:37:58 +0000

i read all the comments and concluded that there are still certain areas where technology is not avail even it be to cheap in present time..i think respective GOVT should take step to solve this prob.