Liquid and Nokia join forces to boost innovation and connectivity across Africa

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, announced that it has partnered with Nokia. Through this partnership, Liquid deployed Nokia’s innovative transport network technology in the new terrestrial fibre route connecting Mombasa (Kenya) to Johannesburg (South Africa).

In anticipation of the soon-to-be-launched terrestrial data superhighway built by Liquid, this notice is being issued. Liquid has utilized advanced technology to construct its initial terrestrial path that will offer 12 terabits of capacity for service providers and carriers in South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and the DRC. The 16,576 km long route has been created to meet the growing demand for increased capacity from Liquid’s large-scale customers.

Hardy Pemhiwa, Group President and CEO of Cassava Technologies said “As a business of Cassava Technologies, Liquid is committed to enabling a digitally connected future for every business and individual in Africa. We are proud to partner with Nokia as we expand our high-speed fibre backbone on the continent. This investment further demonstrates our commitment towards Africa’s inclusive digital transformation.”

In addition, the route will offer more dependable connection and access to several data centres and cloud resources to millions of homes and thousands of enterprises in many of Africa’s landlocked cities, towns, and villages. Providing a backup option if the two nations’ subsea cables go down at the same time.

Rajiv Aggarwal, Head of Central East and West Africa (CEWA) Market Unit at Nokia said “Nokia’s next-generation optical network will enable Liquid Intelligent Technologies to maintain its leadership position and emerge as a preferred partner of organizations requiring massive capacity. We are delighted that our technology and expertise will help Liquid Intelligent Technologies provide the best-in-class digital infrastructure to Africa’s enterprises and will play a role in strengthening the digital infrastructure of the continent.”

Shahzad Manzoor Khan, Group Chief Technology Officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies said “Internet giants, established cloud service providers and other mega-organisations are demanding hyper-scale data centres that can support high levels of performance, spikes in demand, and redundancy while enabling massive availability. Our new terrestrial fibre corridor is the first of its kind in Africa in terms of distance and capacity.”

For current and potential clients, the new route serves as confirmation that Liquid is still able to create smarter networks with more redundancy and resilience.