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     The East Africa Business Community Was the catalyst that kick-started
     the process leading to the chain of events that put EASSy in place
     East African Business Summit of November 2002 produced what came
     to be known as a “ Business Manifesto ”

     A Submarine cable on the Eastern Africa Seaboard was one of the
     “ Action Plans ” under the theme: “East Africa's future is digital”

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Welcome to EASSy

The EASSy cable is a fully integrated multi-technology network. It is an undersea fiber optic cable that will link the countries of East Africa to the rest of the world. As the term implies, the EASSy project secretariat shall be the administrative center and the premises of the EASSy project which for the time is located at the Telkom Kenya premises in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Press Release
EASTERN AFRICA SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM (EASSy)
Nairobi, Kenya 16th April, 2008
The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) is a landmark fiber-optic cable project that will connect 21 African countries to each other and the rest of the world with high-quality internet ...read more

EASSy Mission

The level of international telephone traffic per main line in sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in any region in the world. This bears evidence that there is considerable demand in East Africa due to insufficient supply for telecommunications within the region.

EASSy Solution

Given the current defficiencies in Africa Telecommunications, there
is a clear need for action. Fortunately, the confluence of a number of key developments of a number of key developments - political, economic and technlogical -render a complete, affordable solution available for the first time..
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