Paratus Group is expanding its East Africa footprint with new fibre infrastructure, satellite services and cross-border network connections, and is showcasing that progress at the ITW and Datacloud Africa Conference in Nairobi.
The Group’s Goma-to-Mombasa (G2M) terrestrial fibre route is now live and carrying traffic. The 2,000-kilometre G2M route links Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with Mombasa on the Kenyan coast, passing through Kigali, Kampala and Nairobi, creating an east–west connection and providing access to international subsea cable capacity landing at Mombasa. Paratus is complementing the fibre route with points of presence and interconnections at data centres and internet exchanges, allowing traffic to move more directly between networks and giving customers more routing flexibility across borders.
Paratus’s G2M fibre and regional interconnections
Starlink services have recently launched in Uganda, adding satellite connectivity where fixed infrastructure is limited or unavailable, alongside further network interconnections across the region. “The G2M route is live, our footprint in the region is growing and we are bringing different connectivity technologies together to give customers more choice,” said Joseph Kibwott, Paratus Kenya country manager.
At the conference Paratus is also introducing a new Layer 2 connectivity service over low-earth-orbit satellite for the East African market. The service is designed to provide secure, private connectivity between offices, branches, data centres and remote sites, allowing organisations to link multiple locations through a single private network.
Paratus is hosting a welcome reception for customers, partners and industry leaders attending the event. Senior executives, including group chief technical officer Gert Duvenhage and Paratus Kenya country manager Joseph Kibwott, will represent the company. “It is about combining terrestrial infrastructure, data centres, internet exchanges and satellite connectivity to create reliable routes for customer traffic. Paratus is therefore a compelling and strong partner for connectivity in East Africa,” Duvenhage said.
The ITW and Datacloud Africa Conference runs until 10 September.
