1 submarine cable landing points in Namibia. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.
Namibia has one submarine cable landing point located in Swakopmund. Two submarine cables connect to the country, providing international internet connectivity.
The longest cable serving Namibia is the Equiano cable, which became ready for service in 2023 and spans 15,000 kilometers. It connects Namibia to Nigeria, Portugal, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Africa, and Togo. The West Africa Cable System (WACS), operational since 2012, is 14,530 kilometers long and links Namibia with Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Côte d'Ivoire.
The main internet service providers in Namibia by user base are Mobile Telecommunications (MTC), Telecom Namibia, and Paratus Telecommunications. Namibia's connectivity is classified as terrestrial, meaning it is connected mainly over land. 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 |
|---|---|
| Swakopmund, Namibia › | 2 |
Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.
Namibia has 2 submarine cables and 1 landing points in the GeoCables database.
The oldest cable in service is West Africa Cable System (WACS) (2012), the newest is Equiano (2023).
By our cable graph no single break cuts Namibia off. The largest effect comes from Equiano: up to plus 13.9 ms towards Portugal. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.
At the last check (2026-11-04 10:10 UTC) the internet in Namibia was working normally. Providers and history