What is EASSy?
The East African Submarine System (EASSy) is a 10,000km submarine cable system along the east coast of Africa. The cable incorporates the latest developments in submarine fibre-optic technology, making it economical to connect the east coast of Africa into the high-speed global infrastructure. EASSy is the highest capacity system(4.72 Tbps) and interconnects with multiple international submarine cable networks for diverse, seamless onward connectivity to Europe, USA, the Middle East and Asia.