Malawi Optical Cable Construction
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has launched phase II of the country's national fibre backbone project, central to the country's digital transformation. The project is being implemented by Huawei Technologies and will include nearly 3, 000 kilometres of fibre optic cables. The National Fiber Backbone Project is one of the projects the Chinese government is financing in the country. The initiative in Malawi targeted inclusion of under-served areas in the benefits from a larger infrastructure progr this program for eight African countries, including Malawi2. Huawei Technologies, a company implementing the Fiber Optic Backbone Project has started mounting fiber cables on Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited's (Escom) poles marking the official take off of the long awaited internet connectivity project.
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