The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched a €66. 55 million fibre optic cable project, a significant leap towards enhancing its digital infrastructure. Funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the initiative boost the country's ambition to become a digital hub in. The project consists in the construction of 10,000 km of fibre-optic cables as part of a regional backbone in 5 countries, including backbone as well as metro networks. The Congolese Minister of Telecoms, Augustin Maliba, signed the related memorandum of understanding (MoU) on April 7, 2025. "With the support of the. Submarine cables, landing stations, and backbones, are essential infrastructure to develop connectivity and guarantee network quality, however, they are expensive. For the country. More than 2. 5 million people living in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will benefit from faster, cheaper and more reliable digital connectivity thanks to new fibre-optic network investment being rolled out by Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS) and backed by. As a big step towards improving its digital infrastructure, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has started a €66.
