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# AFR-IX Telecom wins EUR 14.3 million EU grant for Medusa Africa cable branch
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-25-afr-ix-medusa-africa-eu-funding/
- Published: 2025-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:02:23.000Z
- Description: Spain's AFR-IX Telecom won EUR 14.3 million under the EU's Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme to extend the Medusa subsea cable system into Atlantic Africa. The grant funds a branch toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, alongside US feasibility study backing.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Submarine Networks, 25 October 2025](https://www.submarinenetworks.com/en/systems/asia-europe-africa/medusa/afr-ix-telecom-secures-us-backing-and-%E2%82%AC14,3-million-eu-funding-for-medusa-africa?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that construction of the African branch has begun or that the cable will be completed as routed.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)