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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 27 Oct 2026 · 13:12 UTC
2,978
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
336k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
174
MANRS-compliant networks
49
RIPE Atlas anchors
355
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. 50 countries scored.
- 1South Africa17.4 Mbps · 866 networks · 11ms intra-Africa+2.01
- 2Tunisia10.4 Mbps · 30 networks · 29% IPv6 capable+0.84
- 3Senegal6.5 Mbps · 23 networks · 34% IPv6 capable+0.63
- 4Kenya5.8 Mbps · 291 networks · 18% IPv6 capable+0.63
- 5Zimbabwe7.9 Mbps · 33 networks · 25% IPv6 capable+0.61
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.7%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.3% – 13%
5.5 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
DJ leads at 26.2 Mbps
56%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 44% desktop
23%
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.
- ZAMZ11 ms9 hops
- TGNG13 ms5 hops
- LSZA14 ms12 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDTZ444 ms15 hops
- TDMU437 ms18 hops
- TDMZ407 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 Guinea80 ms median round trip to other African countries+55 ms
- 2Malawi83 ms median round trip to other African countries+67 ms
- 3Zimbabwe95 ms median round trip to other African countries+67 ms
- 4Zambia90 ms median round trip to other African countries+72 ms
- 5South Africa129 ms median round trip to other African countries+81 ms
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride38
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
10
countries with no active measurement probe
7
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks