Damage to subterranean cables impacts internet services in Ghana and Nigeria.

Internet services in Nigeria, Ghana, and other countries on the continent were interrupted yesterday due to damage to at least three subsea cables off the coast of Africa.

The disruption caused a halt to digital transactions and internet communications, leaving bank customers, telecommunications subscribers, and your rapidly growing online newspaper The Frontier stranded for several hours.

The main transmission lines for telecommunications data, the West Africa Cable System, MainOne, and ACE sea cables, were all impacted yesterday, according to Bloomberg, one of the top financial news organisations in the world.

Data from internet analysis companies like Cloudflare, Kentik, and NetBlocks indicates that the cut caused connectivity problems and outages for ISPs and mobile operators throughout the West African subregion.

The source of the cable issues is still unknown determined as of press time but in a statement, telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, explained that the network outage experienced by its subscribers was as a “result of damage to international undersea cables across East & West Africa”.

“The repair process is ongoing to resolve the situation as soon as possible. Please look out for further updates,” the company said.

The company had also linked network outage experienced by its subscribers for the major part of February 28, 2024 on “multiple fibrecuts”.