Zimbabwe to benefit from fibre backbone

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ZIMBABWE is set to benefit from the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s proposed high-capacity fibre backbone project across Africa’s 16 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).Landlocked countries require terrestrial connections through neighbouring nations to reach submarine cables, increasing costs and complexity, while coastal countries have direct access.In its September 2025 report, released this week, ITU said…