Following the March 2024 cable cuts that caused outages across 12 African countries, this report outlines recommendations to improve submarine cable resilience in West Africa, where 12 cable systems with 37 landing points provide over 613 Terabytes of capacity. With 85% of cable failures caused by human activity (fishing, anchoring), the report urges WATRA to promote stakeholder dialogue and database development, while encouraging Administrations to conduct national engagements, interconnect landing stations via terrestrial mesh fiber, address security concerns, expedite permits, and establish more Internet Exchange Points.
