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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 13 Sep 2026 · 02:03 UTC
2,954
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
335k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
171
MANRS-compliant networks
44
RIPE Atlas anchors
328
measurement probes
Built from AFRINIC · ARIN · RIPE NCC · APNIC stats · MANRS · RouteViews · Cloudflare Radar · MaxMind GeoLite2 · OONI · APNIC Labs · RIPE Atlas mesh
Where the African internet stands today
composite weighted across 10 measured signalsConnectivity composite
Bandwidth · latency · IPv6 capability · DNSSEC validation · clean traffic · network density · prefix count · intra-Africa mesh latency. 49 countries scored.
- 1South Africa17.1 Mbps · 864 networks · 13ms intra-Africa+2.05
- 2Tunisia9.8 Mbps · 29 networks · 24% IPv6 capable+0.71
- 3Zimbabwe9.1 Mbps · 33 networks · 23% IPv6 capable+0.69
- 4Kenya5.4 Mbps · 286 networks · 19% IPv6 capable+0.64
- 5Senegal6.1 Mbps · 23 networks · 28% IPv6 capable+0.49
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.6%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.4% – 12.7%
5.1 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 17.1 Mbps
56%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 44% desktop
21%
HTTP/3 adoption
measured on Cloudflare edge
Intra-Africa connectivity, observed
RIPE Atlas anchoring mesh, 7-day windowFastest pairs
Where intra-African links live up to the geography.
- TGNG13 ms5 hops
- ZAMZ13 ms9 hops
- KETZ15 ms9 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDMU465 ms18 hops
- TDTZ419 ms14 hops
- TDMZ417 ms10 hops
Routing efficiency by country
measured round trip vs straight-line distance How much further a country’s traffic to the rest of Africa travels than the direct distance would allow, from RIPE Atlas measurements. Lower is better. 34 countries had enough measurement coverage to score.
- 1South Africa87 ms median round trip to other African countries+53 ms
- 2Equatorial Guinea80 ms median round trip to other African countries+54 ms
- 3Malawi95 ms median round trip to other African countries+67 ms
- 4Zambia101 ms median round trip to other African countries+77 ms
- 5Zimbabwe117 ms median round trip to other African countries+78 ms
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride40
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
11
countries with no active measurement probe
9
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks