South Atlantic Express (SAEx) Submarine Cable Project
Sector: Broadband • Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Innovation Village
The SAEx project aims to create a direct submarine cable link across the South Atlantic from Africa to South America and extend east to Asia through the Indian Ocean, bypassing traditional European internet routing hubs. This will reduce latency and costs, improve redundancy, and establish new data corridors connecting Cape Town to Singapore and Cape Town to Virginia Beach via Brazil.
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Broadband, Telecommunications, Manufacturing (Industrial)
- Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Innovation Village
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Taiyo status | Prospective |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | The SAEx project aims to create a direct submarine cable link across the South Atlantic from Africa to South America and extend east to Asia through the Indian Ocean, bypassing traditional European internet routing hubs. This will reduce latency and costs, improve redundancy, and establish new data corridors connecting Cape Town to Singapore and Cape Town to Virginia Beach via Brazil. |
Original sector | Telecommunications |
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Country | South Africa |
City | Cape Town |
Source
Source | Innovation Village |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Broadband, Telecommunications, Manufacturing (Industrial) |
Article published date | 2026-04-11 |
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