Nacala, Mozambique

Nacala, Mozambique is a submarine cable landing point in Mozambique (coordinates -14.5656°, 40.6854°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Mozambique's international connectivity infrastructure.

Nacala is a city on the northern coast of Mozambique. Located in the southwestern indentation of inner Fernao Veloso Bay, it is the deepest natural port on the east coast of Africa. Nacala serves as the terminal for the Nacala railway, a rail line to the landlocked Malawi. South of Nacala is Mozambique Island, at one time the capital of Mozambique and now a World Heritage Site. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Nacala, Mozambique

Cables landing at Nacala, Mozambique are operated by 12 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bayobab, China Mobile, Djibouti Telecom, Hormuud Telecom Somalia, Meta, Orange, Somtel International, Telecom Egypt, Telkom Kenya, Vodafone, and 2 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 Nacala, Mozambique, international traffic can reach 34 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, France and 26 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Nacala, Mozambique 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 →

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