Datasets
AfTerFibre African Fibre Optic Network Map vs NCC telecom stats
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Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Telecom
Telecom
Country
🌍 Pan-African
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open
Free (HTML/PDF only)
Verified
Unverified
Verified
Last verified
5 Jul 2026
5 Jul 2026
Tags
telecom, geojson, fibre, infrastructure, broadband
telecom, stats, no-api
Summary
Open geodata mapping terrestrial and undersea fibre optic cable routes across Africa, digitised from operator maps into GIS format. The dataset is downloadable as CSV, SHP, KML, GeoJSON and SVG via the map portal and GitHub, and is also mirrored in the FAO data catalog. It is community-maintained by Steve Song under an open-data model.
Rich Nigerian telecom industry stats (188M+ subscriptions, ~87% teledensity) published only as HTML web tables and annual PDF reports.