EU-Africa-India digital corridor

The EU-Africa-India digital corridor, better known in trade and industry circles as the Blue-Raman cable system, is a planned 11,700-kilometre submarine cable designed to connect Europe to India via the eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and eastern Africa. It represents one of the more substantive digital infrastructure commitments within the Global Gateway Africa portfolio, though the gap between announced ambition and confirmed financial progress remains significant. The most concrete recent development is a reported EU grant of approximately 37 million euros (cited in dollar terms as roughly $42.8 million across sources) directed at extending the Blue-Raman cable into East Africa. Submarine Networks reported the EU grant in June 2026, and Business Insider Africa noted the project's connection to Google-linked infrastructure, a detail that points to private-sector co-investment alongside EU public funding.