 Facebook is laying 2,000 kilometers of fiber in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in partnership with Africa's largest fiber company, Liquid Intelligent Technologies. The cable will extend the reach of two Africa, a major subsea line that's also been a co-developed by Facebook. The move will make the social media giant one of the biggest investors in fiber networks on the continent. Facebook has been investing in telecommunications infrastructure in Africa to take advantage of the continent's young population.