Resilience gaps in submarine cable systems threaten West Africa’s digital economy, WATRA warns
By Prince Osuagwu Executive Secretary, West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly, WATRA, Aliyu Aboki has said that West Africa’s growing digital economy is increasingly exposed to systemic risks due to weak resilience in submarine cable infrastructure and fragmented regional coordination. He noted that a major disruption in March 2024, which affected multiple submarine cable systems along…
