10 submarine cable landing points in Cape Verde. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.
Cape Verde has 10 submarine cable landing points, located in cities including Praia, Murdeira, and Sao Pedro. These landing points connect the country to six submarine cables, facilitating its internet connectivity. The longest cable is the West Africa Cable System (WACS), which has been in service since 2012, spans 14,530 kilometers, and links Cape Verde to countries such as Angola, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. The newest cable is the Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) Cable, operational since 2023, which extends 720 kilometers and connects Cape Verde to Senegal. Three domestic submarine cable phases, operated by Cabo Verde Telecom, provide internal connectivity between the islands.
The primary internet service providers in Cape Verde by user base are Cabo Verde Telecom, UNITEL T+ Telecomunicacoes, Cogent Communications, and Starlink. The country is classified as resilient in terms of connectivity, meaning it can maintain internet access even if one cable or station is lost. In the past 90 days, three outages have been recorded, with the most recent occurring on October 25, 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.
Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.
Cape Verde has 6 submarine cables and 10 landing points in the GeoCables database. The ones with the most landing points here are Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 3, Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1, Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 2.
The oldest cable in service is Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 (1997), the newest is Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) Cable (2023).
By our cable graph no single break cuts Cape Verde off. The largest effect comes from EllaLink: up to plus 47.2 ms towards Chile. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.
At the last check (2026-11-04 10:08 UTC) the internet in Cape Verde was working normally. Providers and history