East Africa, internet
Africa's internet vulnerability and how to fix it
A severe internet outage that has hit several African countries - the third disruption in four months - is a stark reminder of how vulnerable the service is on the continent. Questions are being asked about how the reliability of what has become an essential tool in nearly every aspect of life can be improved.
East Africa sees internet connectivity disruption, Netblocks and Cloudflare say
Internet connectivity was disrupted in and around several East African nations on Sunday, the internet observatory Netblocks said, adding that the incident was linked to failures affecting the SEACOM and EASSy subsea cable systems.
East Africa outages stir fears over Africa’s internet vulnerabilities
Fresh damage to undersea cables that supply African countries with the internet has raised new fears about the continent’s network vulnerabilities as it marks the third widespread disruption this year.
East Africa Hit With Widespread Internet Outages
Internet access across several East African countries was disrupted on Sunday due to damaged undersea cables, global web monitor NetBlocks said.
Major internet outages reported across Africa again
On Sunday, a significant internet disruption was observed across East and South Africa due to a submarine cable cut. ・On Sunday, a significant internet disruption was observed across East and South Africa due to a submarine cable cut.
Internet outage felt across East Africa
A similar outage was experienced in parts of West and Southern Africa in March. Cloudflare Radar, which monitors internet connectivity, said that Tanzania was of the worst-affected countries with traffic falling to 30% of expected levels.
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