Liquid Intelligent Technologies (LIT) and Facebook have teamed up to build a fiber optic network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help connect East and West Africa. In this project, Facebook will invest in optical fiber construction and support network planning, while LIT will own, construct and operate optical fiber networks and provide wholesale services to mobile network operators and Internet service providers. The network is expected to improve Internet access for more than 30 million people across Central Africa and will help create a digital corridor from the Atlantic Ocean through the Congo rainforest to East Africa to the Indian Ocean.

In the past two years, Liquid Technologies has worked to establish a digital corridor to reach the central Democratic Republic of Congo and connect the Democratic Republic of Congo with neighboring countries Angola, Congo Brazzaville, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The new construction will extend from the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the eastern border with Rwanda and extend the coverage of the submarine cable 2Africa, which will land along the coasts of East and West Africa and better connect Africa with the Middle East and Europe.

In addition, Liquid will employ more than 5,000 employees from the local community to build fiber optic networks. Nic Rudnick, CEO of LIT Group, said: “This is one of the most difficult fiber optic constructions ever, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers of some of the most challenging terrain in the world.” “The common mission of Liquid Technologies and Facebook is to provide the burden. Affordable infrastructure to bridge the connection gap, we believe that our cooperation will have a huge impact on Internet accessibility throughout the region."

"We know that deploying optical fiber in the region is not easy, but it is a key part of extending broadband access to areas with insufficient connectivity. We look forward to seeing how our optical fiber construction will help improve the availability and availability of high-quality Internet in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Affordability,” concludes Ibrahima Ba, Facebook’s director of emerging markets network investment.Editor/Baohongying