A fiber optic cable providing broadband Internet service to millions of people in Southern and Eastern Africa is part of an ambitious plan to expand Web access and help spur the continent’s economy and technology industry.

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The expansion will cost about $2.4 billion and will help connect Africa with Europe, Asia and parts of the Middle East at higher speeds and a lower cost.

Until now, Africa had only one submarine fiber optic cable: the less efficient SAT-3 in Western Africa, owned primarily by Telkom, the South African telecommunications company, and last updated in 2002. Those with no access to that cable were forced to use expensive and slow satellite links.

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