AKFED an investor in joint venture for African subsea cable

SEACOM lays first lengths of African subsea cable

By REUTERS
February 4 2009

The laying has started of a fast fibre-optic international telecommunications cable link that could be east Africa’s first, the owners of the venture said on Wednesday.

The Mauritius-registered private equity project known as SEACOM is investing in a fibre optic cable linking east and southern Africa to Europe and Asia. Its launch is scheduled for June.

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The 15,000 km cable will wind around the east of the continent between South Africa and Egypt, then on to Mumbai in India and Marseille in France.

Investors in the $650 million venture include an arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, Venfin Ltd, and Herakles Telecom LLC, each with stakes ranging between 23.75 percent and 26.25 percent.

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Earlier related:  https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/seacom-to-launch-africa-undersea-cable-june-2009/