EllaLink and MTNIMA land new Subsea Cable Branch in Nouadhibou

By providing Mauritanian operators, public institutions and innovators with a trusted, direct, low-latency path to European cloud, AI and data services, the new route strengthens national digital security and serves as a key enabler for the development of strategic sectors including e-government, education, health, agriculture, transport and energy.

“I am here today, acting on the directives of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, and under the supervision of the Prime Minister, Mr Moctar Ould Djay, to accompany the progress of Mauritania’s project to connect to a second international submarine telecommunications cable. We gather today at a decisive moment in this journey, with the landing of the cable on the coastline of the city of Nouadhibou, having completed its route through the ocean floor and been connected to the landing station via a state-of-the-art segment,” said Ahmed Salem Bede, Minister of Digital Transformation and Modernisation of Administration of Mauritania. “Through this connection, Mauritania strengthens its capacity to secure its communications with the world, diversifies its international access points and guarantees the stability of its digital services. We are moving from the status of a mere recipient to that of a full participant in the global telecommunications architecture,” he said. “This choice was made with full awareness of the scale of the challenges, and with a firm commitment to preserve national digital sovereignty and protect its strategic pillars,” he concluded.

The Nouadhibou landing positions Mauritania as a strategic node on the Atlantic digital map. The new route reduces the risk of service outages, opens regional extension opportunities towards the Sahel and the wider Atlantic corridor, and reinforces Nouadhibou’s emergence as an industrial and economic centre.

“By landing EllaLink in Nouadhibou, Mauritania has taken its place on the map of strategic Atlantic routes,” said Ricardo Rodrigo Monsonís, Program Manager at EllaLink. “As demand for bandwidth and low-latency connectivity grows, resilience matters as much as capacity. By diversifying its international routes, Mauritania is sending a strong signal to investors and innovators that the country is building a robust, trusted digital foundation for the long term.”

Philippe Dumont, CEO of EllaLink, added: “Together with our Mauritanian partners, we are ready to develop new services, regional extensions and cross-border projects that will turn this infrastructure into a true engine for growth and cooperation across the Atlantic.”