Niger has completed all sections of its component of the Trans-Saharan Fiber Optic Backbone. A provisional handover ceremony was held on Friday, November 14, 2025, marking a key step toward future interconnections with neighbors such as Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Algeria. The project also intends to establish pilot data c ntres, e-Government platforms and an Integrated Management System for the Electronic Identification of People. The Nigerien government plans to strengthen the national digital infrastructure as part of its ambitions for digital transformation and sovereignty. Costing approximately 30 billion CFA francs ($53. 08 million), this project includes a data center in addition to fiber optics. To learn more, feel free to contact us on sales@6wresearch.
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