Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is a submarine cable landing point in Tanzania (coordinates -6.8232°, 39.2697°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Tanzania's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dar es Salaam or Daresalaam is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania and the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. It is located on the Swahili coast. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the fifth-largest in Africa. Dar es Salaam is an important economic centre and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Experts predict that the city's population will grow to over 10 million before 2030. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Cables landing at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania are operated by 28 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including BT, Bayobab, Bharti Airtel, Botswana Fibre Networks, China Mobile, Comores Telecom, Djibouti Telecom, Hormuud Telecom Somalia, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Mauritius Telecom, and 18 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 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, international traffic can reach 34 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, France and 26 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

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

About the cables

• 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 →
• Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1) (2021) — Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across East Africa, Southern Africa. With 12 landing points — including Beira, Bosaso, Dar Es Salaam, Djibouti City, Mahajanga, and 7 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) (2012) — Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Tanzania and Seychelles. Landing at Dar Es Salaam, Victoria, 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 →
• Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) (2010) — Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across East Africa, Southern Africa, North Africa. With 9 landing points — including Dar Es Salaam, Haramous, Maputo, Mogadishu, Mombasa, and 4 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia (2009) — SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting East Africa and Middle East and Southern Africa, with 8 landing points across 8 countries including Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Djibouti City, Djibouti, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Maputo, Mozambique and others. Read more →

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