Nigeria Targets Top Fifth Fibre Optic Cable Manufacturing Market in Africa

Mr. George Onafowokan, managing director of Coleman Wires and Cables has said that Nigeria could rank fifth among fibre optic cable producing countries on African continent next year.

Onafowokan, said that his company’s cables would serve Telecommunication, Oil & Gas and some other sectors.

“It will make Nigeria to be the fifth in the production of cables in Africa. The key impact of this is that we will meet up with the local supply and demand of fibre optic cables and for us, this is a game changer for the country.” Onafowokan said.

According to him, this was in line with the federal government and NCC drive to have a localised fibre optic manufacturer in the country and assured that the commercial production of fibre optic cables will start from January 2022, providing fibre optic cables in 48, 96,144 up to 288 fibres in the country.

He disclosed that the plant and the technical know-how are being done in partnership with the largest fibre optic producer in the world Corning Inc., who is the biggest and largest producers of fibre in the world.

Managing Director of Coleman Wires and Cables pointed out that “For nearly 170 years, Corning has combined its unparalleled expertise in glass science, ceramics science, and optical physics with deep manufacturing and engineering capabilities to develop life-changing innovations and products. The installed capacity of this Coleman’s fibre optic factory ranges from 100,000km to 150,000km of fibre cables annually.”