📡 Data & IoT

Niamey Urban Fibre Loop — Trans-Saharan Backbone Project

As part of the AfDB-financed Trans-Saharan fibre backbone, Niamey is getting an 88km urban local loop connecting administrative sites to Niger's planned national data centre. The wider 1,031km network — reaching toward Algeria, Chad, Nigeria and Benin — was 97% complete by November 2025, with the Tier III data centre still to be finished.

In build 📅 since 2017

🤖 AI-generated summary of the sources below — how this works · 🔎 Last verified 2026-08-02

📡 Data & IoT Connectivity & 5G

📊 Impact

1,031km Trans-Saharan fibre network 97% complete by November 2025, including Niamey's 88km urban administrative loop (AfDB/Niger government).

Evidence🏛️ Official

Scale🌍 National

Cost≈€43M (African Development Fund concessional financing + Niger counterpart funding)

FundingAfrican Development Bank / African Development Fund

📖 Terms in this entry: LoRaWAN

Sources

↗ African Development Bank Group (authority/financier)Confirms the 1,031km network, 88km Niamey urban loop, and 97% completion as of Nov 2025.

↗ afriqueitnews.com (press)News coverage of the project.

↗ Agence Nigerienne de Presse (press)News coverage of the project.

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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🇨🇫 Sub-Riverine Fiber Connection Ring · Bangui Both are AfDB/EU-financed fibre backbones from the same period — Niamey's loop feeds a planned data centre, Bangui's crosses two borders. 🇸🇪 Stokab: Stockholm's Municipal Open-Access Dark Fibre Network · Stockholm Niamey is still laying the physical backbone; Stockholm's Stokab shows the next step — leasing finished fibre to any operator since 1994. 🇺🇸 EPB Gig City — Fiber-Optic Smart Grid & Community Broadband · Chattanooga Different endgame for public fibre: Niamey's backbone links government sites, Chattanooga's utility fibre became a citywide gigabit ISP.

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Niamey Urban Fibre Loop — Trans-Saharan Backbone Project” — Niamey, Niger. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/niamey-telecom-backbone/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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