Duynefontein, South Africa

Duynefontein, South Africa is a submarine cable landing point in South Africa (coordinates -33.6933°, 18.4499°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in South Africa's international connectivity infrastructure.

Duynefontein is an area in Cape Town, near the coast, just south-east of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Duynefontein, South Africa

Cables landing at Duynefontein, South Africa are operated by 26 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bayobab, Cable Consortium of Liberia, Canalink, China Mobile, Dolphin Telecom, GUILAB, Gambia Submarine Cable Company, International Mauritania Telecom, Meta, Orange, and 16 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 Duynefontein, South Africa, international traffic can reach 43 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt and 35 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Duynefontein, South Africa 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 →
• Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) (2012) — Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) is a 17,000 km submarine cable that runs along the entire Atlantic coast of West Africa and ends in France. It lands at 19 stations across 19 countries, which makes it one of the most widely-landed submarine cables in the world. Read more →

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