Several countries in East Africa have suffered a drop in Internet services after it emerged that at least one subsea cable in the region has been cut. It's led to Internet outages across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda. CanalBox Rwanda technicians install aerial fibre optic cables in a Kigali neighbourhood fiber in the June, 2022. Past incidents in the region, like subsea cable cuts, have caused widespread outages, showing how fragile the system can be when a key. Millions of Canalbox customers across Africa are experiencing sluggish internet connectivity following major cuts of the company's submarine cables in West Africa, the company has publicly acknowledged. These guidelines on fiber optic cables underground installation aim at avoiding any damage to existing underground infrastructure such as existing FOC, sewage or water pipes, electrical cables or other telecommunications cables. The disruption itself seemed like forever, but it was only temporary.
