Berbera, Somalia

Berbera, Somalia is a submarine cable landing point in Somalia (coordinates 10.4351°, 45.0109°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Somalia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Berbera is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country, located approximately 160 km from the national capital, Hargeisa. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa. It also served as a major port of the Ifat, Adal and Isaaq sultanates from the 13th to 19th centuries. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Berbera, Somalia

Cables landing at Berbera, Somalia are operated by 17 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bayobab, China Mobile, G42, Golis Telecommunications, Meta, Mobily, Orange, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., Peace Cable International Network Co. Ltd., TeleYemen, and 7 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Berbera, Somalia, international traffic can reach 41 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti and 33 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Berbera, Somalia in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Africa-1 (2026) — Africa-1 is a 10,000 km submarine cable ready for service in 2026, running from France through Africa to the Middle East. It lands in ten stations across nine countries: Marseille in France, Bejaia in Algeria, Sidi Kerir in Egypt, Duba in Saudi Arabia, Al Hudaydah in Yemen, Djibouti City in Djibouti, Berbera in Somalia, Mombasa in Kenya, Kalba in the UAE, and Karachi in Pakistan. Read more →
• 2Africa (2024) — 2Africa is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 34 countries across West Africa, Middle East, Southern Africa. With 50 landing points — including Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Al Faw, Al Khobar, and 45 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• PEACE Cable (2022) — PEACE Cable is a 15,000 km submarine system that entered full service in December 2022, connecting Europe to Asia via Africa. Its acronym stands for "Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe" — a literal description of its route. Read more →
• Gulf2Africa (G2A) (2017) — Gulf2Africa (G2A) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Somalia and Oman. Landing at Berbera, Bosaso, Salalah, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.