On August 29 2006, seven Southern and Eastern African countries signed the Inter-Governmental Protocol of the Inter-Government Authority(IGA) of the East and Southern African Submarine System (EASSy). This is the governmental framework through the New Partnership for Africa's Development(Nepad) within which the cable is going to be owned, built and operated.
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