1 submarine cable landing points in Benin. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.
Benin has one submarine cable landing point located in Cotonou. Three international submarine cables connect to this landing point. These cables are the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), SAT-3/WASC, and Maroc Telecom West Africa. The longest cable is the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), which spans 17,000 kilometers and has been in service since 2012, linking Benin to countries including Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Gambia, and Ghana. The newest cable is Maroc Telecom West Africa, which became operational in 2021 and extends 8,600 kilometers, connecting Benin to Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, and Togo.
The main internet providers in Benin by user base are SOCIETE BENINOISE D'INFRASTRUCTURES NUMERIQUES, SPACETEL BENIN SA, ETISALAT BENIN, CanalBox (GVA), and Starlink. The country's submarine cable infrastructure is classified as vulnerable, meaning it depends on one or two cables for connectivity. GeoCables recorded one outage in the last 90 days, with the most recent occurring on October 20, 2026.
Every cable that lands in this country, with live latency on its page.
Cables landing here whose break would hurt this country most, by our cable graph.
No single cable break would cut this country off: alternatives exist for every cable.
| Name | Connected Cables |
|---|---|
| Cotonou, Benin › | 3 |
Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.
Benin has 3 submarine cables and 1 landing points in the GeoCables database. The ones with the most landing points here are Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Maroc Telecom West Africa, SAT-3/WASC.
The oldest cable in service is SAT-3/WASC (2002), the newest is Maroc Telecom West Africa (2021).
By our cable graph no single break cuts Benin off. The largest effect comes from Maroc Telecom West Africa: up to plus 4.8 ms towards Indonesia. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.
At the last check (2026-11-04 10:07 UTC) the internet in Benin was working normally. Providers and history