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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 11 Oct 2026 · 10:33 UTC
2,977
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
336k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
174
MANRS-compliant networks
50
RIPE Atlas anchors
344
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 Africa16.7 Mbps · 866 networks · 11ms intra-Africa+2.10
- 2Tunisia10.4 Mbps · 30 networks · 26% IPv6 capable+0.84
- 3Zimbabwe9.5 Mbps · 33 networks · 27% IPv6 capable+0.73
- 4Kenya5.7 Mbps · 291 networks · 15% IPv6 capable+0.60
- 5Senegal6.7 Mbps · 23 networks · 34% IPv6 capable+0.59
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
5.3%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.7% – 13.5%
5.2 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 16.7 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.
- ZAMZ11 ms9 hops
- TGNG13 ms5 hops
- LSZA15 ms12 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDTZ448 ms16 hops
- TDMU441 ms18 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.
- 1Equatorial Guinea79 ms median round trip to other African countries+54 ms
- 2Malawi81 ms median round trip to other African countries+68 ms
- 3Zambia90 ms median round trip to other African countries+72 ms
- 4Republic of the Congo92 ms median round trip to other African countries+76 ms
- 5South Africa130 ms median round trip to other African countries+82 ms
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride38
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
11
countries with no active measurement probe
7
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks