5 submarine cable landing points in Dem. Rep.. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has five submarine cable landing points located in Kalemie, Kasenyi, Muanda, Tchoima, and Uvira. These sites connect the country to several international and regional cable systems, supporting its internet infrastructure.
The longest cable serving the country is the 2Africa system, which became ready for service in 2024 and spans 45,000 kilometers, linking the Democratic Republic of Congo with countries such as Angola, Bahrain, and Côte d'Ivoire. The newest cable is Lake Tanganyika, operational since 2025, which runs 370 kilometers and connects two landing points within the country. Other active cables include the West Africa Cable System (WACS), operational since 2012 with a length of 14,530 kilometers, and two shorter cables, Lake Albert 1 and Lake Albert 2, which connect to Uganda and entered service in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The main internet providers by user base are ORANGE RDC, CELTEL DRC, Vodacom Congo, STE AFRICELL RDC SPRL, and Starlink. The country’s internet infrastructure is classified as resilient, meaning connectivity can survive the loss of any single cable or station. GeoCables recorded two outages in the last 90 days, with the most recent occurring on October 16, 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 |
|---|---|
| Kalemie, Congo, Dem. Rep. › | 1 |
| Kasenyi, Congo, Dem. Rep. › | 1 |
| Muanda, Congo, Dem. Rep. › | 2 |
| Tchoima, Congo, Dem. Rep. › | 1 |
| Uvira, Congo, Dem. Rep. › | 1 |
Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.
Dem. Rep. has 5 submarine cables and 5 landing points in the GeoCables database. The ones with the most landing points here are Lake Tanganyika, 2Africa, Lake Albert 1.
The oldest cable in service is West Africa Cable System (WACS) (2012), the newest is Lake Tanganyika (2025).
By our cable graph no single break cuts Dem. Rep. off. The largest effect comes from West Africa Cable System (WACS): up to plus 3.7 ms towards United States. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.
At the last check (2026-11-04 10:08 UTC) the internet in Dem. Rep. was working normally. Providers and history