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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 27 Sep 2026 · 11:09 UTC
2,956
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
335k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
173
MANRS-compliant networks
49
RIPE Atlas anchors
340
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 Africa15.5 Mbps · 864 networks · 11ms intra-Africa+2.08
- 2Tunisia10.1 Mbps · 29 networks · 28% IPv6 capable+0.89
- 3Zimbabwe7.5 Mbps · 33 networks · 25% IPv6 capable+0.67
- 4Kenya5.5 Mbps · 287 networks · 18% IPv6 capable+0.65
- 5Senegal6.2 Mbps · 23 networks · 35% IPv6 capable+0.63
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.1%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.2% – 13.4%
5.0 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 15.5 Mbps
55%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 45% desktop
22%
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.
- ZAMZ12 ms9 hops
- TGNG13 ms5 hops
- TZKE14 ms9 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDMU468 ms18 hops
- TDTZ429 ms16 hops
- TDMZ416 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. 32 countries had enough measurement coverage to score.
- 1Equatorial Guinea79 ms median round trip to other African countries+54 ms
- 2South Africa108 ms median round trip to other African countries+67 ms
- 3Malawi93 ms median round trip to other African countries+74 ms
- 4Republic of the Congo109 ms median round trip to other African countries+76 ms
- 5Zimbabwe96 ms median round trip to other African countries+76 ms
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride39
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
11
countries with no active measurement probe
9
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks