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Repairs on damaged subsea cables that are causing internet outages across West and Central Africa are expected to take at least five weeks before completion and full-service restoration.
Repairs on damaged subsea cables that are causing internet outages across West and Central Africa are expected to take at least five weeks before completion and full-service restoration, Ghana’s communications regulator said on Saturday. The break in the cables has led to widespread disruption of internet and telecommunications-linked businesses, including banks, mobile phone operations, money transfer agencies, and stock exchange markets.
Ghana’s National Communications Authority said it held a meeting with the four subsea cable landing service providers – Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, owned by data center operator Equinix, South Atlantic 3 (SAT-3) and the West Africa Cable System (WACS) – and mobile network operators.
The Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has debunked rumours of a breach of its database. This was revealed in a statement signed by the commission. This is coming after reports made the rounds that the commission’s database has been breached as a result of the damaged undersea cable that has led to internet downtime thus restricting the activities of telecom companies and banks.
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NIMC’s statement went on to assure Nigerians and other legal residents that there is no data breach of any sort occasioned by the damaged undersea cable and that citizens’ data is safe and secure in Nigeria’s National identity database.
