A board member of the Internet Service Providers, Daniel Kofi Ansah Akuffo, has advocated for the implementation of inland cables in Ghana to counter potential disruptions in the telecommunications sector.

This initiative arises from ongoing outages impacting several submarine fiber optic cables, vital conduits for internet connectivity in the nation.

Mr. Ansah Akuffo described the recent outages as troublesome and emphasized the need for enhancing Ghana’s telecommunication infrastructure to mitigate future blackout occurrences.

He noted that internet service providers are actively seeking alternative routes, including connections from Nigeria, to restore services.

“It was a very hectic day for all of us. Ghana is supplied by five submarine cables and one is currently totally off and just about yesterday, some other three also went off. These cables ran from South Africa to Europe and what this means is that we should be looking at our telecommunication infrastructure.”

“Diversification is very important and what I think we should do is look at in-land cables in Ghana and Africa as a whole. We should look at interconnectivity. One cable has about four set of fibre and so when there is a cut in one end, it becomes a problem, so what we are doing now is to use a cable from Nigeria to complement the challenges.”