I'm confused by why they are calling this cable system "transformative" as the periphery of Africa is already well served by existing submarine cable: https://

I'm confused by why they are calling this cable system "transformative" as the periphery of Africa is already well served by existing submarine cable: https://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/ https://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/ It seems like getting terrestrial fiber into the interior of the continent would be much more impactful. For instance SEACOM was completed in 2008 with landing stations in Tanzania and Kenya but it took 2 years to lay the terrestrial cable to get places like Rwanda and Uganda connected to it: https://www.reuters.com/article/ozabs-rwanda-telecoms-idAFJOE72F07D20110316 https://www.reuters.com/article/ozabs-rwanda-telecoms-idAFJO...