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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 5 Oct 2026 · 07:34 UTC
2,976
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
336k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
174
MANRS-compliant networks
49
RIPE Atlas anchors
341
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+2.15
- 2Tunisia10.2 Mbps · 30 networks · 27% IPv6 capable+0.88
- 3Zimbabwe8.0 Mbps · 33 networks · 24% IPv6 capable+0.67
- 4Senegal6.2 Mbps · 23 networks · 34% IPv6 capable+0.61
- 5Kenya5.7 Mbps · 291 networks · 16% IPv6 capable+0.60
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.5%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.4% – 12.9%
5.0 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
- BWMZ15 ms12 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDTZ444 ms16 hops
- TDMU439 ms18 hops
- TDMZ417 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. 32 countries had enough measurement coverage to score.
- 1Equatorial Guinea80 ms median round trip to other African countries+52 ms
- 2Malawi77 ms median round trip to other African countries+64 ms
- 3South Africa108 ms median round trip to other African countries+67 ms
- 4Zambia90 ms median round trip to other African countries+73 ms
- 5Namibia137 ms median round trip to other African countries+100 ms
Where our measurement is thinnest
honesty over coverage-pride39
African countries have zero RIPE Atlas anchor
11
countries with no active measurement probe
7
countries tracked via fewer than 10 networks