Fibre Cuts: Implications for Nigeria’s Digital Economy and National Security.

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Fibre-optic cable cuts in Nigeria continue to pose a severe threat to the country's digital economy and national security. These outages, caused by both sabotage and accidental disruptions, impact nationwide connectivity and economic transactions.

Despite massive investments by telecommunications operators in infrastructure, fibre-optic cable cuts remain the single biggest threat to quality of service in Nigeria today and a direct threat to the national economy and security. These cuts are a mix of wilful sabotage and unintentional disruption, but the effect is the same: nationwide outages, failed transactions, and […] The post Fibre Cuts: Implications for Nigeria’s Digital Economy and National Security. appeared first on Nairametrics.