Subsea cable system
Equiano
Google’s privately funded cable from Portugal down the west coast of Africa to South Africa, with branches to Togo, Nigeria, Saint Helena and Namibia; built by ASN. Google described it in 2019 as its third private international cable, carrying about twenty times the capacity of the last cable built for the region.
- Lead landing
- Status
- In service 19 Sept 2026
- Ownership
- Privately owned
- RFS
- 2023-022026-09-19source ↗
- Length
- 15,000 km2026-09-19source ↗
- Landings
- Sesimbra, PTLome, TGLagos, NGRupert's Bay, Saint Helena, SHSwakopmund, NAMelkbosstrand, ZA
- Customers
- Wholesale
- Domains
- Subsea
Relationships2
Owned by
Suppliers
Ecosystem
owned by
- Subseaactive · Company statement · 100%
supplied by
- Subseaactive · Reported