According to media reports the development would boost Zimbabwe’s chances of regaining its lost position as the second fastest growing Information and Communication Technology power-house in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region after South Africa.

Chief Officer for Zimbabwe Investment Agency, Richard Mbaiwa, said in an itnewsafrica.com report that work at the project started early this year pointing out the project would help link with other developing nations such as Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia respectively.

However, Mbaiwa could not reveal the total amount involved in the whole fibre optic project, the report said. The ambitious, but critical project is set to link the capital-Harare and the eastern border city of Mutare.

Mbaiwa said Africom Continental, which is behind many such projects was formed to spearhead the development of the cable between Harare and Mutare saying the work would be completed just in time in order to boost the country’s economy. Zimbabwe’s economy bled profusely for the past 10 years due to economic sanctions imposed by the international communities in pursuit of justice, rule of law and democracy-CAJ News.