JBIC backs first South Atlantic telecoms cable

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Telecoms and Communications

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Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Connor Lovell

Reporter

The Angolan Development Bank has received a $109m from JBIC and SMBC to finance the construction of a submarine fibre optic cable connecting Angola with Brazil. It will the first undersea cable to link Africa and South America directly.

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