Internet use is part and parcel of our lives in the current age and it is kind of sad we all don’t have the same broadband speeds. You will find out that one country experiences a better broadband connection than another, and this is highlighted well by various companies using colourful chats and maps.
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Cable has compiled new data which they extracted from 63 million broadband speeds around the world and it has some interesting insights.
Insights
Madagascar tops the list of countries in Africa with the fastest internet speeds with a mean download speed of 24.87 mbps (Megabit per second) the country is also ranked 22nd in the world and is ahead of countries like France, Canada, UK, Finland and Germany.
Kenya is second to Madagascar with a mean download speed of 10.11 mbps (Megabit per second), which is significantly behind Madagascar’s mean speed but still a solid result for 2nd place.
However, Kenya’s ranking change as compared to 2017 is 13 places down but the mean download speed has increased from the 8.83 mbps reported last year.
Rounding up the top 5 in Africa include South Africa with 6.38 mbps, Morocco 4.03 mbps, Tunisia 6.67 mbps, and Cape Verde with 3.24 mbps.
Below are the top 20 African countries with the fastest internet speeds
1. Madagascar, 24.87 Mbps (Megabit per second)
2. Kenya, 10.11 mbps
3. South Africa, 6.38 mbps
4. Morocco, 4.03 mbps
5. Tunisia, 6.67 mbps
6. Cabo Verde, 3.24 mbps
7. Ghana, 2.88 mbps
8. Zimbabwe, 2.86 mbps
9. Rwanda, 2.64 mbps
10. Namibia, 2.62 mbps
11. Burundi, 2.56 mbps
12. Mauritius, 2.39 mbps
13. Uganda, 2.39 mbps
14. 18. Zambia, 2.03 mbps
15. Tanzania, 1.96 mbps
16. Nigeria, 1.86 mbps
17. Mozambique, 1.76 mbps
18. Seychelles, 1.72 mbps
19. Ivory Coast, 1.70 mbps
20. Liberia, 1.61 mbps
