South Sudan, Djibouti plan to lay fibre optic to Juba
Wednesday September 21 2022
A worker lays a fiber optic cable in Nyeri town, Kenya on August 18, 2020. PHOTO | NMG
South Sudan and Djibouti have signed an agreement to lay fibre optic cable from Djibouti through Ethiopia to the capital Juba.
The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services said the government and Djibouti officials would form a technical team to deliberate on the project, after they signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday.
The deal was inked by the Minister of Information Michael Makuei Lueth and senior officials from Djibouti.
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South Sudan said it is also working closely with the World Bank to connect the country with another fibre optic cable from Kenya. The deal was signed in 2015.
The country gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but years of civil war have denied it infrastructure to offer high speed Internet connections.
The country aims to link its citizens with the rest of the world as well as cut the high cost of using the internet.