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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 12 Nov 2026 · 20:15 UTC
3,003
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
338k
IP prefixes mapped
72
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
174
MANRS-compliant networks
49
RIPE Atlas anchors
366
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 Africa15.8 Mbps · 869 networks · 9ms intra-Africa+2.12
- 2Tunisia10.9 Mbps · 30 networks · 29% IPv6 capable+0.90
- 3Senegal6.5 Mbps · 23 networks · 35% IPv6 capable+0.64
- 4Zimbabwe8.0 Mbps · 34 networks · 26% IPv6 capable+0.64
- 5Kenya5.7 Mbps · 299 networks · 18% IPv6 capable+0.63
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.7%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.3% – 12.7%
5.4 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 15.8 Mbps
56%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 44% desktop
24%
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.
- ZAMZ10 ms9 hops
- TGNG13 ms5 hops
- LSZA14 ms12 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDTZ450 ms15 hops
- TDMU437 ms18 hops
- TDZA409 ms13 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.
- 1Zimbabwe94 ms median round trip to other African countries+64 ms
- 2Malawi75 ms median round trip to other African countries+69 ms
- 3Zambia90 ms median round trip to other African countries+73 ms
- 4South Africa130 ms median round trip to other African countries+81 ms
- 5Namibia137 ms median round trip to other African countries+99 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