"Today we are introducing Equiano, our new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Once complete, Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal and South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to additional African countries. The first branch is expected to land in Nigeria. This new cable is fully funded by Google, making it our third private international cable after Dunant and Curie, and our 14th subsea cable investment globally."

My Personal Note:
Believe it or not, it means cheaper connectivity for Nigerians Internet wise and Google will be placing edge locations in Nigeria to support their business, so employment, but best of all guys, it means Nigerians can start having good ideas for online business and start-ups being backed by durable cheap infrastructure from Google cloud

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/introducing-equiano-a-subsea-cable-from-portugal-to-south-africa

lanchy:
"Today we are introducing Equiano, our new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Once complete, Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal and South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to additional African countries. The first branch is expected to land in Nigeria. This new cable is fully funded by Google, making it our third private international cable after Dunant and Curie, and our 14th subsea cable investment globally."

My Personal Note:
Believe it or not, it means cheaper connectivity for Nigerians Internet wise and Google will be placing edge locations in Nigeria to support their business, so employment, but best of all guys, it means Nigerians can start having good ideas for online business and start-ups being backed by durable cheap infrastructure from Google cloud

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/introducing-equiano-a-subsea-cable-from-portugal-to-south-africa

Really nice news.

I would have loved to do a fibre to home startup that will bring high speed internet to homes using fibre optic cables. Money is the barrier.

I wish Google will fund such startups that will get connected to their network

Earthstorms:


Really nice news.

I would have loved to do a fibre to home startup that will bring high speed internet to homes using fibre optic cables. Money is the barrier.

I wish Google will fund such startups that will get connected to their network

This is a fantastic idea! Fibre is useless to cable thieves thus no problem there, and you can start B2B first before B2C.

My advise is wait till Google establish their Point of Presence (PoP) You and I know there is a reason they are breaking out in Lagos, Nigeria. I'm guessing edge location for caching or CDN first then full Region/Availability Zone in Nigeria (first in West Africa) for hosting and sundry, your connectivity will be via these.

I'm interested in your idea, keep me in the loop, I may be closer to this thing than you'd expect.

Happy New Year Everyone!