Praia, Cape Verde

Praia, Cape Verde is a submarine cable landing point in Cape Verde (coordinates 14.9230°, -23.5212°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Cape Verde's international connectivity infrastructure.

Praia is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality. Praia is the political, economic and cultural center of Cape Verde. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Praia, Cape Verde

Cables landing at Praia, Cape Verde are operated by 21 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Agence De L’informatique del’Etat, Altice Portugal, Angola Cables, Bayobab, Broadband Infraco, Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT), Camtel, Cape Verde Telecom, Congo Telecom, EllaLink, and 11 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 Praia, Cape Verde, international traffic can reach 18 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., French Guiana, Ghana and 10 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Praia, Cape Verde 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

• Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) Cable (2023) — Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) Cable is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Senegal and Cape Verde. Landing at Dakar, Praia, 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 →
• EllaLink (2021) — On June 1, 2021, a signal left Sines, Portugal — a quiet fishing port on the Alentejo coast — and arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil, sixty-two milliseconds later. For the first time in the history of the internet, a European packet reached South America without touching North American soil. 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 →
• Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 3 (2011) — Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 3 is a domestic submarine cable network within Cape Verde, connecting 8 coastal and island locations including Nova Sintra, Porto Novo, Praia, Sal Rei, Sao Filipe, and 3 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 (1997) — Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 is a domestic submarine cable network within Cape Verde, connecting 5 coastal and island locations including Murdeira, Praia, Sal Rei, Sao Pedro, Tarrafal de São Nicolau. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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