Telkom Kenya has announced plans to invest in a new submarine fibre optic cable system that will connect Kenya with Asia and Europe.
The cable, dubbed Pakistan and East Africa Connecting to Europe (Peace), is owned by the Chinese firm Peace Cable International Network.
With key landing points in Kenya, Pakistan, and France, the cable's second phase is planned to extend to South Africa.
Notably, this will be the sixth undersea cable to land in Mombasa, following the East African Marine System and privately-owned Seacom in 2009.
Telkom Kenya is also a shareholder in several other undersea cable systems, including the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (Eassy), the Lower Indian Ocean Network (Lion), and the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (Dare1) cable systems, which stretch across 4,854 kilometres under the sea and were initially estimated to cost $235 million.
