Outages have been reported in South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Burkina Faso
Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa.
Outages have been reported in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Burkina Faso.The cause of the cable failures is not immediately clear.
"There seems to be a pattern in the timing of the disruptions, impacting from the north to the south of Africa," said Cloudflare Radar, which provides information on internet connections.
Internet connectivity in the Ivory Coast was down to around just 4% on Thursday morning, according to Netblocks, which tracks cybersecurity and internet connectivity.
Liberia at one point dropped to 17% while Benin was at 14% and Ghana 25%, Netblocks said.
In South Africa, Vodacom said that "Customers are currently experiencing intermittent connectivity issues due to multiple undersea cable failures".
The Liberian government said internet disruption had been reported from Thursday morning.
Citizens are unable to access the basic internet as well as social media across the vast majority of the country.
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority said it was caused by an incident involving the Africa Coast to Europe submarine communications cable in Ivory Coast.
Cloudflare posted on social media that major internet disruptions were ongoing in The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin and Niger.