By offering Mauritanian operators, public establishments and innovators with a trusted, direct, low-latency path to European cloud, AI and information providers, the brand new route strengthens nationwide digital safety and serves as a key enabler for the event of strategic sectors together with e-government, training, well being, agriculture, transport and power.
“I’m right here as we speak, appearing on the directives of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, and below the supervision of the Prime Minister, Mr Moctar Ould Djay, to accompany the progress of Mauritania’s undertaking to hook up with a second worldwide submarine telecommunications cable. We collect as we speak at a decisive second on this journey, with the touchdown of the cable on the shoreline of the town of Nouadhibou, having accomplished its route by means of the ocean flooring and been linked to the touchdown station through a state-of-the-art section,” mentioned Ahmed Salem Bede, Minister of Digital Transformation and Modernisation of Administration of Mauritania. “By way of this connection, Mauritania strengthens its capability to safe its communications with the world, diversifies its worldwide entry factors and ensures the steadiness of its digital providers. We’re transferring from the standing of a mere recipient to that of a full participant within the international telecommunications structure,” he mentioned. “This selection was made with full consciousness of the size of the challenges, and with a agency dedication to protect nationwide digital sovereignty and defend its strategic pillars,” he concluded.
The Nouadhibou touchdown positions Mauritania as a strategic node on the Atlantic digital map. The brand new route reduces the danger of service outages, opens regional extension alternatives in direction of the Sahel and the broader Atlantic hall, and reinforces Nouadhibou’s emergence as an industrial and financial centre.
“By touchdown EllaLink in Nouadhibou, Mauritania has taken its place on the map of strategic Atlantic routes,” mentioned Ricardo Rodrigo Monsonís, Program Supervisor at EllaLink. “As demand for bandwidth and low-latency connectivity grows, resilience issues as a lot as capability. By diversifying its worldwide routes, Mauritania is sending a robust sign to buyers and innovators that the nation is constructing a strong, trusted digital basis for the long run.”
Philippe Dumont, CEO of EllaLink, added: “Along with our Mauritanian companions, we’re able to develop new providers, regional extensions and cross-border tasks that can flip this infrastructure into a real engine for progress and cooperation throughout the Atlantic.”
