The country now, has over 20 000km of optic fibre, making it possible for businesses, Government departments, and students from primary to tertiary institutions to easily access the Internet. Zimbabwe's internet connectivity has taken a significant leap forward with the expansion of its fiber optic network. According to a report by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), the country's fiber optic network has grown by 15% in the past year alone. Surge. GOVERNMENT has, in the past seven years, built an additional 10 152km of long-haul fibre optic backbone across the country, to improve service delivery in critical areas of health, education and agriculture, buttressing the Second Republic's commitment to ensuring that Zimbabwe has superior. The Fiber Optics market in Zimbabwe is projected to grow at a stable growth rate of 2. 40% by 2027, highlighting the country's increasing focus on advanced technologies within the Africa region, where Egypt holds the dominant position, followed closely by South Africa, Ethiopia, Algeria and Nigeria. This is a list of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa. While submarine communications cables are used to connect countries and continents to the Internet, terrestrial fibre optic cables are used to extend this connectivity to landlocked countries or to urban centers within a country. Zimbabwe is advancing its fiber optic infrastructure through a new partnership between PowerTel Communications—a subsidiary of the national electricity company—and Paratus Zimbabwe.