In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Niger State Urban and Regional Planning Board by section 74 of the Niger State Urban and Regional Planning Board Edict (Law) 1999, and other powers enabling it, the Niger State Urban and Regional Planning Development Board hereby. In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Niger State Urban and Regional Planning Board by section 74 of the Niger State Urban and Regional Planning Board Edict (Law) 1999, and other powers enabling it, the Niger State Urban and Regional Planning Development Board hereby. The project has two major components: first, the construction of a 1,031-km national and cross-border fibre-optic network; and secondly, the installation of a Tier III national data centre. Niger has taken a major step forward in improving the country's broadband connectivity and regional digital. Niger has taken a major step forward in improving the country's broadband connectivity and regional digital integration by completing provisional acceptance of the fibre-optic sections built under the Trans-Sahara Optical Fibre Backbone Project (TSB) – a project financed by the African Development. Additionally, this project aims to deploy a high-capacity terrestrial fiber optic corridor across the Sahara Desert, connecting Algeria, Niger, Chad, and Nigeria. It is part of a regional digital transformation effort under the UMA and ECOWAS frameworks, designed to reduce Africa's digital divide. A total of 1,031 km of fiber optic cable has been installed across five routes: Arlit–Assamaka–Algerian border (220 km), Diffa–N'Guigmi–Chadian border (186 km), Zinder–Magaria–Nigerian border (117 km), Niamey–Dosso–Gaya–Benin border (300 km), and Niamey–Makalondi–Burkina Faso border (118 km).
