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Africa Internet Atlas · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Refreshed 25 Jun 2026 · 15:46 UTC
2,893
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
328k
IP prefixes verified
70
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
167
MANRS-compliant networks
36
RIPE Atlas anchors
289
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 Africa14.7 Mbps · 856 networks · 20ms intra-Africa+2.06
- 2Tunisia8.9 Mbps · 29 networks · 22% IPv6 capable+0.66
- 3Kenya5.5 Mbps · 270 networks · 14ms intra-Africa+0.56
- 4Senegal5.8 Mbps · 23 networks · 32% IPv6 capable+0.49
- 5Zimbabwe6.8 Mbps · 33 networks · 23% IPv6 capable+0.49
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
2.8%
IPv6 capability
Range 0.6% – 15%
4.6 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ZA leads at 14.7 Mbps
54%
Mobile share of traffic
vs 46% 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
- KETZ14 ms10 hops
- KETZ14 ms10 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- DJGH483 ms16 hops
- DJGH483 ms16 hops
- DJGH483 ms16 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. 13 countries had enough measurement coverage to score.
- 1South Africa80 ms median round trip to other African countries+48 ms
- 2Mauritius184 ms median round trip to other African countries+81 ms
- 3Angola118 ms median round trip to other African countries+92 ms
- 4Nigeria130 ms median round trip to other African countries+98 ms
- 5Tanzania163 ms median round trip to other African countries+101 ms
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride41
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
15
countries with no active measurement probe
10
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks