27 Jan Connecting the World: Caruso Company at Meta’s 2Africa Event
Connecting the World: Caruso Company at Meta’s 2Africa Event
We’re excited to share the completion of a five-film series telling the story of 2Africa, the world’s longest open-access subsea cable system. Spanning more than 45,000 kilometers and connecting over 3 billion people, 2Africa sets a new standard for global connectivity.
The project is the result of years of collaboration, innovation, and a shared vision to connect communities, accelerate economic growth, and enable transformative digital experiences across Africa and beyond. The project’s completion also marks a five-year milestone for Caruso Company, which began documenting this global effort with Meta in 2020.
On November 18, 2025, leaders from across technology, infrastructure, and government gathered in Cape Town, South Africa to mark a historic moment: the completion of the core 2Africa subsea cable system. As part of the event, Caruso Company premiered five original films, produced in collaboration with Meta and director Tyler Manson, created to help frame the scale, ambition, and human impact of the project.
Engineered to connect more than 3 billion people across 33+ countries, 2Africa links Africa to the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe through a single continuous system. It represents one of the most ambitious infrastructure efforts of our time and a foundational pillar of global connectivity.
Opening the Event: A :60 Anthem
The film series began with a :60 Anthem film designed to open the event. Rather than functioning as a technical explainer, the Anthem served as a cinematic statement—grounding the audience in the significance of the moment and positioning subsea infrastructure as a defining chapter in our connected future. The goal was simple: set the tone before the conversation began.
Five Films, One Narrative
Following the opening Anthem, four additional films expanded the story through distinct but connected lenses:
- Vision — Why global connectivity matters now more than ever
- Collaboration — The partnerships required to build at global scale
- Deployment — The physical reality of executing subsea infrastructure across oceans and continents
- Local Impact — The human and economic outcomes enabled by connectivity
Together, the five films formed a cohesive narrative arc—moving from ambition to execution to lived experience—designed to support the live event while standing on their own as a complete series.
From Early Vision to Finished Films
The project began with early creative development led by director Tyler Manson, whose initial vision focused on making the unseen visible. Subsea infrastructure is often abstract; the films were designed to make it tangible, physical, and human. That vision carried through production, combining live-action filmmaking, real-world deployment footage, archival assets, and motion graphics to balance massive scale with intimacy.
A Global Production Effort
With more than two decades of experience producing international documentaries—and extensive work on global internet infrastructure—Caruso Company brought a lean, adaptive production approach to the project. Working alongside local crews and partners across regions throughout Africa and Europe, the team captured moments ranging from open-ocean cable deployment to community-level impact stories. The completed films premiered at the Cape Town event, helping contextualize the announcement of the core 2Africa system’s completion and reminding audiences why the work matters.
Watch the Films
Watch the full 2Africa film series
Credits
Produced by: Caruso Company
Director: Tyler Manson
Caruso Producer: Molly McEvoy
Client: Meta
Event: 2Africa Completion Announcement
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Post Production: 1606 Studio
