Lome, Togo

Lome, Togo is a submarine cable landing point in Togo (coordinates 6.1260°, 1.2278°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Togo's international connectivity infrastructure.

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Lome, Togo

Cables landing at Lome, Togo are operated by 20 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Altice Portugal, Angola Cables, Bayobab, Broadband Infraco, Camtel, Cape Verde Telecom, Congo Telecom, Google, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Maroc Telecom, and 10 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 Lome, Togo, international traffic can reach 16 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Gabon and 8 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Lome, Togo in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Equiano (2023) — Equiano is Google's privately-funded submarine cable system connecting Europe and Africa. Activated in stages between 2022 and 2023, it runs roughly 15,000 km from Sesimbra in Portugal down the entire west coast of Africa to Melkbosstrand near Cape Town, with branch landings at Lagos (Nigeria), Lomé (Togo), Swakopmund (Namibia), and the remote British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. Read more →
• Maroc Telecom West Africa (2021) — Maroc Telecom West Africa is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting West Africa and North Africa, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Casablanca, Morocco, Cotonou, Benin, Dakhla, Morocco and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between West Africa and North Africa. Read more →
• West Africa Cable System (WACS) (2012) — West Africa Cable System (WACS) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 13 countries across West Africa, Europe, Southern Africa. With 13 landing points — including Abidjan, Accra, El Goro, Lagos, Limbe, and 8 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →

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