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Kenya is among the countries that have been hit by internet outages in Africa.
This followed a failure of undersea cables that supply internet to Kenya and other countries across the East African coastline.
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) revealed that the submarine internet cable cut happened at the Mtunzini teleport station, affecting Seacom and East African Submarine System (Eassy), which supplies internet to the affected countries.
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"A redundancy on the South Africa route has been activated to minimise the impact of the disruption," said CA.
According to an internet firm NetBlocks, internet connectivity across various East African countries remained diminished on Sunday, May 12.
"Metrics show internet connectivity remains diminished in several East African countries after Sunday's subsea cable network disruption, leading to continued slowdowns for many users," NetBlocks tweeted.
Countries like Tanzania and the French island of Mayotte were badly hit while Kenya underwent restoration.
Below is the list of the affected countries and the impact of the disruption.
Tanzania experienced high disruption in internet connectivity following the submarine cable cut.
The internet outage reported a low of 29% from the current connection of 64%.
The French Island of Mayotte was the second worst-hit country with a high impact on internet connectivity.
The country reported a low of 33%, down from the current 84%.
Internet outage in Malawi reported a medium impact following the Sunday undersea cable cut incident.
The country posted a low of 60% from the normal 70% connection.
Malawi experienced an internet outage, posting a low of 69% from 70%.
NetBlocks classified the country's internet outage impact from the undersea cable failure as medium.
Burindi experienced a low impact in internet connectivity from Sunday, May 12.
The country registered an internet outage low of 74%.
Madagascar registered a low impact in internet connectivity from the submarine cable failure.
The country posted a 76% low in internet connectivity outage.
NetBlocks classified Comoros Islands under low impact felt from the internet connectivity disruptions.
The internet outage stood at a low of 81%.
Rwanda is the last country to be categorised under low impact on internet disruptions.
The submarine internet cable outage saw the country register 81% low.
According to NetBlocks, some countries were undergoing restoration from the impact of the undersea cable cut.
These countries are Uganda and Somalia, which registered a low of 83% and 84%, respectively, in internet connectivity outages.
Kenya was hit by the undersea internet cable outage but reported restoration since Sunday, May 12.
The country's connectivity outage dropped to 89% as the government directed internet service providers to employ alternative measures to keep it connected.
"The recovery process for the affected submarine cables which deliver internet is underway. However, individuals and corporate consumers should expect internet intermittency and slow speed in the coming few days before services are fully restored," read CA's statement in part.
Safaricom, Kenya's leading telco, said it has activated measures to keep its customers connected.
However, the internet service provider reiterated that the measures provided could cause reduced internet speed.
The company further noted that it will be pursuing additional capacity in collaboration with other unaffected undersea cable partners.
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