Submarine cable incident record
Mainone — Confirmed — 2024-03-14
MainOne announced successful physical repair of the submarine cable damaged on 14 March 2024.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Mainone
- Affected countries
- Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network recovered; physical repair not confirmed
- Physical state
- Physical repair confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Repair activity reported:
- Physical repair confirmed:
Original supporting evidence
- MainOne Completes Repairs to Restore Internet
- MainOne has restored services and enabled regional interconnection over the last one week to ensure stability in the digital ecosystem across the region.
- On Thursday (March 14, 2024), the Nigerian Communications Commission confirmed Internet disruptions due to multiple cable cuts.
- MainOne, a leading provider of submarine cable systems, has revealed that the repair process for its damaged submarine cable may take up to five weeks.
- the fault resulted from an incident on our submarine cable system, offshore the coast of West Africa
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.