Nairobi, May 12 -- A major internet disruption was on Sunday experienced across East and South Africa following a submarine cable cut.

According to reports, all sub-sea capacity between the two regions was severely affecting several internet service providers across the region.

By the time of going to press, the cause of the cable failures was not immediately clear, to the frustration of millions of customers around the region.

Even so, Ben Roberts, Group CTIO at Liquid Intelligent Technologies said in a post on X, said that faults have been reported in the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and the Seacom cables.

"Three crucial submarine cables in the Red Sea - Seacom, EIG, and AAE1 - have also suffered cuts and remain unr...