For an increasingly digital world, fast internet is a key driver of growth. As anywhere else, internet speeds in Africa vary greatly between countries as this slide shows: while for example Madagascar has a download speed of around 32 Mb/s, faster than that of the UK, and countries like Ghana and South Africa have speeds of above 20 Mb/s, others still lag behind. In the project this slide stems from, a client of africon and digital services company was looking for potential future sourcing locations in Africa. africon analysed indicators such as the above to prioritize countries according to their sourcing potential for the client. Though internet speed was an important determinant, a critical factor was to also consider further KPIs, such as the cost and availability of other means of production. An analysis of a mix of various critical indicators finally led to an East African country being ranked as number one. The next target is now to jointly establish a local presence in this country for the client.

1. 19/06/2020 1© africon GmbH 2020
Internet speed across Africa
Madagascar, Ghana and South Africa are the countries with the
fastest internet across Africa
Source:OoklaSpeedtestGlobalIndex,(2019)
30+5 1510 20
1Download speed (Mbs)
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• Madagascar has the fastest
broadband speed at 32MBs –
faster than the UK
• Ghana at 23.98 Mbs and South
Africa at 23.12 Mbs lend evidence
to the growing investment in
internet infrastructure on the
continent
Comment
1. Fixed broadband speed test data as at Aug.2019