Dakar, Senegal

Dakar, Senegal is a submarine cable landing point in Senegal (coordinates 14.6866°, -17.4519°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Senegal's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Dakar, Senegal

Cables landing at Dakar, Senegal are operated by 58 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Agence De L’informatique del’Etat, Altice Portugal, Angola Telecom, BICS, BT, Bayobab, Cable Consortium of Liberia, Camtel, Canalink, and 48 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Dakar, Senegal, international traffic can reach 44 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. and 36 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Dakar, Senegal in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• 2Africa (2024) — 2Africa is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 34 countries across West Africa, Middle East, Southern Africa. With 50 landing points — including Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Al Faw, Al Khobar, and 45 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) Cable (2023) — Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) Cable is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Senegal and Cape Verde. Landing at Dakar, Praia, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) (2012) — Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 18 countries across West Africa, Europe, Southern Africa. With 18 landing points — including Abidjan, Accra, Banjul, Bata, Carcavelos, and 13 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• MainOne (2010) — MainOne is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Portugal. Its 5 landing points at Abidjan, Accra, Dakar, Lagos, Seixal bridge the networks of West Africa, Europe, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• SAT-3/WASC (2002) — SAT-3/WASC is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting West Africa and Europe and Southern Africa, with 12 landing points across 11 countries including Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Accra, Ghana, Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain, Cacuaco, Angola and others. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.