The EASSy project is an initiative to construct and operate a submarine fibre-optic cable along the east coast of Africa to connect 20 coastal and land-locked countries to each other and to the rest of the world. particular in West and Central Africa, as well as Eastern Africa. With a focus. RTI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, reports that 2Africa will improve Africa's GDP by up to 0. 58 percent, equivalent to about 36. Welcome to the virtual home of the East African Cables Group. Fibre-optic pairs are provided from Mtunzini to France to a point of presence (PoP) in Marseille, as well as from Tanzania to India into a PoP. EASSY is a project of a 10.