Google has announced the construction of Umoja, the first-ever fiber optic cable to link Africa with Australia directly.  This initiative, named after the Swahili word for “unity,” aims to boost the reliability and reach of digital infrastructure across the continents. The Umoja cable The Umoja cable will begin in Kenya and traverse Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, including the Google Cloud region, before crossing the Indian Ocean to Australia.  According to Google’s press release, the terrestrial segment of the route has already been completed in collaboration with Liquid