South Africa
Southern Africa · ZAF
South Africa has a population of 51,770,560. 842 networks are registered to South Africa. 7 internet exchanges operate in the country. 23 facilities are catalogued. 10 submarine cables land on its coast. 425 accredited registrars sell its ccTLD. RIPE Atlas measurements show a median round-trip latency of 129ms from South Africa to other African countries.
Internet infrastructure at a glance
842
Networks (ASNs)
7
Internet Exchanges
23
Data Centres
425
Domain Registrars
51.8M
Population
.ZA Domain Registrars
Most-connected networks (BGP-observed)
Ranked by distinct BGP neighbors observed in our routing table. Methodology · Last computed 2026-10-30. Coverage is partial: rankings derive from our African routing-table vantages.
By peer count
- Workonline Communications(Pty) Ltd AS37271 305 peers
- Dimension Data AS3741 92 peers
- MTN SA (Bayobab) AS16637 71 peers
- Telkom SA Ltd. AS5713 56 peers
- Network Platforms (PTY) LTD AS37497 53 peers
- Agile Solutions Provider (PTY) LTD AS328748 46 peers
- Vodacom AS36994 43 peers
- Metrofibre Networx AS327782 40 peers
- cmcnetworks AS25818 38 peers
- MTN Business Kenya AS9129 34 peers
+10 more shown via API
By prefix announcements
- Dimension Data AS20011 1,232 prefixes
- Africa on Cloud AS328608 559 prefixes
- Dimension Data AS3741 556 prefixes
- Telkom SA Ltd. AS37457 516 prefixes
- TENET (The UNINET Project) AS2018 392 prefixes
- Telkom SA Ltd. AS5713 287 prefixes
- Level 7 Wireless (Pty) Ltd AS327901 262 prefixes
- HERO TELECOMS (PTY) LTD AS328471 233 prefixes
- MTN SA (Bayobab) AS16637 231 prefixes
- Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd AS37121 221 prefixes
All networks (top 30 of 491)
- 1 GRID (PTY) LTD AS36943
- Abantu Cloud Africa (Pty) Ltd AS37739
- ABSA (Amalgamated Banks of South Africa) AS14115
- Absolute Hosting (Pty) Ltd AS329166
- Accelerit Technologies PTY LTD AS327996
- Access Point Technologies cc AS327761
- Access Technology Consultants (PTY) LTD AS328750
- AccessGlobal Communication (Pty) Ltd AS37317
- Activest Twenty Six PTY LTD AS37656
- Adept Internet (Pty) Ltd CT AS15022
- Adnexus Celerity Networks (Proprietary) Limited AS328386
- AdNotes (Pty) Ltd AS328795
- AEROCOM BROADBAND SERVICES AS328317
- Africa Independent Network Exchange (Pty) LTD (AfricaINX) AS37179
- Africa on Cloud AS328608
- Africanbank AS37428
- Afrieta AS329371
- Agile Solutions Provider (PTY) LTD AS328748
- Airtelecom AS328346
- Akesa Technologies (Pty) Ltd AS329546
- Alexandre Miller cc t/a Imaginet AS37159
- ALICOM (PTY) LTD AS328287
- Alsatia Networking (PTY) LTD AS37720
- Altron Nexus (Pty) Ltd AS328220
- Altron TMT (Pty) Ltd AS37525
- Amobia Communications AS37266
- ASAP Internet (Pty) LTD AS328327
- ATEC Systems and Technologies PTY LTD AS327897
- Atomic Access AS328266
- ATS All Technology Solutions (Pty) Ltd AS328816
+461 more networks
Key facts
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ZA- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
ZAF- Region
- Southern Africa
- Last verified
- verified 2026-10-29
- Last updated
- 2026-10-30