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Africa Internet Atlas · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Refreshed 27 May 2026 · 17:19 UTC
2,889
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
328k
IP prefixes verified
69
Internet exchanges
201
data centres
167
MANRS-compliant networks
36
RIPE Atlas anchors
258
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. 54 countries scored.
- 1South Africa15.7 Mbps · 855 networks · 16ms intra-Africa+2.53
- 2Tunisia8.7 Mbps · 29 networks · 23% IPv6 capable+0.73
- 3Kenya5.3 Mbps · 270 networks · 20% IPv6 capable+0.61
- 4Botswana10.2 Mbps · 39 networks · 10% IPv6 capable+0.48
- 5Lesotho8.2 Mbps · 11 networks · 32ms intra-Africa+0.41
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
5.0%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.6% – 13.8%
4.4 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 15.7 Mbps
56%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 44% desktop
25%
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.
- MZZA12 ms4 hops
- TGNG16 ms10 hops
- KETZ18 ms11 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- DJGH483 ms16 hops
- GHDJ482 ms18 hops
- TDMU479 ms14 hops
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride41
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
19
countries with no active measurement probe
10
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks