Niger has completed a major 640-mile fiber optic cable network, a $50 million project funded by the African Development Bank, designed to boost broadband access across the country. Running along the country’s borders with Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Nigeria, the new link aims to strengthen regional digital integration and close Niger’s significant connectivity gap: only one in five people has internet access in the country.
The rollout is part of the broader Trans-Sahara Optical Fibre Backbone Project, which also includes plans for a national data center to support efficient data management. Together, these investments signal a major step toward expanding digital infrastructure and improving access to high-speed internet across Algeria, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
