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Africa Internet Compass · live data
The African internet, in numbers
Latest data ingest 2 Nov 2026 · 15:34 UTC
3,001
African networks tracked
54
countries mapped
336k
IP prefixes mapped
71
Internet exchanges
202
data centres
174
MANRS-compliant networks
49
RIPE Atlas anchors
358
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 Africa17.5 Mbps · 869 networks · 11ms intra-Africa+2.00
- 2Tunisia10.8 Mbps · 30 networks · 27% IPv6 capable+0.81
- 3Senegal6.6 Mbps · 23 networks · 36% IPv6 capable+0.71
- 4Zimbabwe8.3 Mbps · 34 networks · 26% IPv6 capable+0.67
- 5Kenya6.0 Mbps · 298 networks · 16% IPv6 capable+0.63
Africa at a glance
Median across 54 countries, last 7 days.
4.8%
IPv6 capability
Range 1.2% – 11.2%
5.3 Mbps
Bandwidth (p50)
ST leads at 32.3 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.
- ZAMZ11 ms9 hops
- TGNG13 ms5 hops
- BWMZ15 ms12 hops
Slowest pairs
Where paths likely traverse Europe and add round-trip penalty.
- TDTZ442 ms15 hops
- TDMU438 ms18 hops
- TDZA404 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. 33 countries had enough measurement coverage to score.
- 1Equatorial Guinea80 ms median round trip to other African countries+55 ms
- 2Zimbabwe95 ms median round trip to other African countries+65 ms
- 3Zambia90 ms median round trip to other African countries+73 ms
- 4South Africa129 ms median round trip to other African countries+81 ms
- 5Malawi101 ms median round trip to other African countries+85 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