KDN Resumes Regional Fibre Optic Laying Plan

By Peter Omondi

Nairobi – - Kenya Data Networks (KDN) has resumed work in laying the fibre optic cable into the greater East Africa through partnership with Green Future.

KDN Chief Marketing Officer Vincent Wang’ombe says that KDN has revamped the stalled projects by recommitting up to Kshs. 1.2 billion into the various projects.  The first of these projects to take off is with Green Future, KDN’s fibre laying partner. “Green Future will be completing the Kampala – Gatuna route, and we have pumped 110 million shillings onto that particular project,“ said Wang’ombe in a statement.

Green Future is one of the 10 companies selected by KDN to undertake the project after successfully completing similar projects like the installation of fibre on the Mombasa-Kampala route.

“The contract shall therefore continue to ensure that we connect to Rwanda as earlier projected and provide the needed activation of undersea cable network to our international fibre links from Mombasa”, Wang’ombe added.

Green Future’s Managing Director, Fred Sewe, said that his company was glad that work could now resume. “Green future is excited about getting back to work and continue with the great regional expansion that KDN is engaged in.”

“KDN is Kenya’s largest and fastest growing private data carrier and infrastructure provider in the East and Central African region and this expansion is fundamental in  solidifying  KDN’s presence in these areas “, Sewe added.