African governments should give fibre optic cables greater protection from attacks and harmonize policies around layouts to encourage the development of tech infrastructure, a Google executive said on Thursday. https://image.nostr.build/f3c65dfa10d2d3c0415725752e30d709e3b972b722588cd3f4f863269d8bce6e.jpg https://www.reuters.com/technology/fibre-optic-cables-should-be-considered-critical-infrastructure-africa-google-2024-11-14/
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Murito highlighted that fibre optic cables should be considered critical infrastructure. This classification would help safeguard these essential communication networks from increasing attacks, particularly from criminal syndicates that have been damaging infrastructure to steal equipment like batteries and generators