Nigeria’s sea of ‘redundant’ submarine cables – The Nation Newspaper – The Nation Newspaper

Last week, search engine giant, Google’s Equiano submarine cable, joined the list of other cables lying almost fallow at Nigeria’s beaches. LUCAS AJANAKU writes on the promises of Equiano boosting the digital economy and return on investment (RoI).

All the guests at the unveiling of the 144 terabits submarine cable, named after Olaudah Equiano, were excited about the landing of the cable in the country because of the promises it holds for economic development.

While the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who also witnessed the unveiling of the submarine cable, underscored the cable’s centrality to Nigeria’s ongoing efforts to boost job creation and contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), over the next three years, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami promised an enabling environment that encourages foreign and local investment in infrastructure project the way Google and its co-investors have done.

Executive Vice Chairman,…

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