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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 21 Sep 2026 · 14:33 UTC
2,954
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
335k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
171
MANRS-compliant networks
45
RIPE Atlas anchors
336
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 Africa15.9 Mbps · 864 networks · 12ms intra-Africa+2.09
- 2Seychelles5.3 Mbps · 95 networks · 8.9% anomaly rate+0.75
- 3Tunisia10.1 Mbps · 29 networks · 26% IPv6 capable+0.75
- 4Zimbabwe8.3 Mbps · 33 networks · 29% IPv6 capable+0.66
- 5Kenya5.5 Mbps · 286 networks · 19% IPv6 capable+0.63
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.6%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.6% – 12.5%
4.8 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 15.9 Mbps
56%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 44% 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
- BWMZ16 ms12 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDMU466 ms18 hops
- TDTZ427 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. 33 countries had enough measurement coverage to score.
- 1South Africa87 ms median round trip to other African countries+53 ms
- 2Equatorial Guinea79 ms median round trip to other African countries+54 ms
- 3Malawi86 ms median round trip to other African countries+67 ms
- 4Zimbabwe112 ms median round trip to other African countries+75 ms
- 5Zambia118 ms median round trip to other African countries+82 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