African fiber optic Backbone Trans-Saharan (BTS)

African FO-BTS

Our project is closely linked to the African highways project to serve the continent. The most interesting thing is that we exploit the civil works involved to get the fiber and we will build two highways; one for the exchange of goods and the other for information exchange. The scope was restricted to trans Saharan section and connects six (06) countries witch are: Algeria, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Tunisia. The African fiber optic Backbone Trans-Saharan has been attached to the Trans-Saharan Highway project comprises transcontinental road projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with regional international communities to connect all population concentrations, on its path through roads to other parts of the country and logically to the outside world by means of: telephony, digital television and data network including internet. The new Trans-Saharan fiber optic backbone will connect the localities together and multiply the international passages through the backbone: - from Tchad to the exit of the "Red Sea" in Sudan; - Tchad to the exit of the Atlantic Ocean of Cameroon; - from Niger to the Benin exit (Cotonou) on the Atlantic Ocean, - from Niger to underwater exits linking Burkina Faso (Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Senegal (via Mali); - from Niger towards the exit of the Mediterranean via Algeria; - from Niger to the Nigerian exit (Lagos) on the Atlantic Ocean;

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Regional implementation

Regions of implementation

• Africa

Countries of implementation Algeria, Chad (Republic of), Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Tunisia

Ongoing from Jun 2015 to Dec 2019

* International and regional cooperation

• Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
• Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
• Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
• Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
• Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
• Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
• Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
• Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
• Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
• Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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