Overview

 
AfricaConnect provides a dedicated high-capacity data-communications network for research and education communities across Southern and Eastern Africa. 

With links to GÉANT, its pan-European counterpart, AfricaConne​​​ct offers direct high-speed intercontinental connectivity. Users get the shortest and hence fastest possible network routes for their data traffic within Africa, as well as from and to Europe, which significantly improves the performance of many network applications ​