Link Africa earned its reputation with a genuinely clever trick: instead of digging up the road, it runs fibre through the pipes already under it.
The story behind Link Africa
Operating since around 2013, Link Africa holds the African rights to a technology that threads fibre-optic cable through existing municipal sewer and stormwater systems, far faster and less disruptive than trenching. It has since leaned toward fibre-to-business and fibre-to-tower, and in 2021 sold a slice of its home-fibre network to MetroFibre.
How Link Africa works
Link Africa is an open-access network: it owns and maintains the fibre in the ground, but it doesn't sell you the internet directly. Instead, several independent ISPs ride the same line, and you choose which one to buy from, and you can switch ISP later without a new installation. That's why our coverage check shows the network at your address, then lets you compare the ISP packages on it by real monthly price.
Where Link Africa reaches
Its footprint spans the major metros, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town, including business districts and a number of townships, across fibre to homes, businesses and towers.
Speeds & signing up
Residential tiers are sold through ISPs at a range of speeds. As with any open-access network, you choose the ISP and can switch later, check your address to see what’s available.
Common questions
Why did my Link Africa home line become MetroFibre?
Link Africa sold part of its home-fibre network to MetroFibre in 2021, so some former Link Africa home connections are now served by MetroFibre.