Africa is getting lank connected as the development of new submarine internet cables around the continent has 'significantly' increased its connection to the rest of the world in the last few years. According to a report by Digital Council Africa, total international bandwidth reaching the continent increased from 12.2Tbit/s to 52Tbit/s between 2019 and 2023. During the same period, average throughput increased from 4.6Tbit/s to 18.3Tbit/s, with peak traffic going all the way up from 7.
“Africa experienced the most rapid growth of international internet bandwidth, growing at a compound annual rate of 44% between 2019 and 2023.” “Driven by streaming video usage and growth in traffic across app categories, both average and peak international internet traffic increased at a compound annual rate of 30% between 2019 and 2023, slightly above the 28% compounded annual growth rate in bandwidth over the same period.