Nigeria is in advanced discussions with Alphabet Inc.’s Google over the deployment of a new undersea cable aimed at strengthening the country’s digital resilience.
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, disclosed this in an interview with Bloomberg.
Google had earlier announced plans to roll out four new infrastructure hubs in Africa to support its latest undersea fibre optic cable systems on the continent.