Nigeria's Internet Speed Still Amongst World's Slowest

The continent's internet speed leader, South Africa, ranked 46th with average mobile download speed of 68.9 megabits per second, way below the global average mobile download speed of 77.7 mbps. Read More

South Africa’s Internet speeds and prices versus the world

South Africa’s digital wellbeing in 2023 has declined despite an increase in average fixed and mobile Internet speeds, according to Surfshark’s latest Digital Quality of Life Index. Read More

South Africa’s big internet problem - BusinessTech

South Africa’s fixed internet speed is actually below the global average of 108 Mbps. In addition, the average mobile speed in South Africa of 68 Mbps is also below the global average of 75 Mbps. Read More

Internet quality in South Africa is mediocre - News24

South Africa's internet quality, in relation to internet speed, stability and growth, ranks 62nd in the world and is 8% worse than the global average, a study by Surfshark reveals. In spite of this, ... Read More

The average internet speed has risen 23% in a year - New York Post

In the period from May 30, 2017, to May 29, 2018, global average internet speed as measured by 163 million individual speed tests rose by 23 percent. The average broadband connection now clocks in ... Read More

Akamai: Global average Internet speed grew 10% year over year to 5.0 Mbps, but only 4.6% have broadband - VentureBeat

Global average connection speeds rose 10 percent year over year to 5.0 Mbps in Q1 2015. Unfortunately, less than 5 percent of users have broadband speeds of at least 25.0 Mbps. The latest figures ... Read More

Akamai: Global average Internet speed grew 20% year over year to 4.5 Mbps, mobile traffic jumped by 54% - VentureBeat

Global average connection speeds rose 20 percent year over year to 4.5 Mbps in Q4 2014. Meanwhile, mobile demands continue to grow, with data traffic increasing by 54 percent in the last year. The ... Read More

Africa's internet speed is still below the global average - Yahoo

Not even the country with Africa’s top mobile internet speed is close to the global average. This is according to the 2022 Speedtest Global Index published by US-based internet speed analysis ... Read More

South Africa’s Internet speeds and prices vs the world

Surfshark’s 2022 Digital Quality of Life Index purports to show how South Africa’s Internet quality, speeds, and prices compare with 116 other countries. Read More