EASSy runs from Mtunzini in South Africa to Port Sudan in Sudan, with landing points in nine countries and is connected to at least ten landlocked countries — which will no longer have to rely on satellite Internet access to carry voice and data services.
EASSy was the highest capacity system serving sub-Saharan Africa until the commissioning of WACS.
[1] It is the first to deliver direct connectivity between east Africa and Europe / North America.
EASSy interconnects with multiple international submarine cable networks for onward connectivity to Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.
[2] The project, partially funded by the World Bank, was initiated in January 2003, when a handful of companies investigated its feasibility.