Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has launched phase II of the country's national fibre backbone project, central to the country's digital transformation. The project is being implemented by Huawei Technologies and will include nearly 3, 000 kilometres of fibre optic cables. The National Fiber Backbone Project is one of the projects the Chinese government is financing in the country. The Project is expected to lay Fiber from the northern border. The Optic Fibre Communications (OFC) is a semi-autonomous department within ESCOM that operates a national wide overhead Optic Fibre backbone network strung on electricity infrastructure reaching all parts of the country and the National Data Centre supported by the Malawi Government. com ('the Site') and are legally binding on you. The Site is owned and operated by Developing Telecoms Limited ('the Owner', 'we', 'us', 'our'). An extension of the cabling to West Africa set to empower 100 million people across eight African countries. With a focus. Home » Malawi: Partner Sought for Fibre Optic Cable Project in Malawi By AllAfrica.