SPEED ROUND: TELECOMS & ICT

Big infrastructure diplomacy “W” in African subsea cables

Telecom Egypt (TE) is planning to connect landlocked and coastal African countries to Europe through a giant subsea system that will circle all of Africa, the state-owned company said in a press release (pdf) this afternoon. The Hybrid African Ring Path (Harp), which TE is set to complete by 2023, will form two main arteries…