Port Speeds at Internet Exchange Points in Africa
Total ports
3,123
Median port
10 Gbps
90th percentile
100 Gbps
400G+ ports
18
Port Speed Mix Today
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| Speed class | Ports / capacity |
|---|---|
| <1G | 69 ports (2.2%), 3.81 Gbps (0.0% of capacity) |
| 1G | 678 ports (21.7%), 702.38 Gbps (0.8% of capacity) |
| 10G | 1,868 ports (59.8%), 20.24 Tbps (23.8% of capacity) |
| 25G | 32 ports (1.0%), 955 Gbps (1.1% of capacity) |
| 40G | 31 ports (1.0%), 1.45 Tbps (1.7% of capacity) |
| 100G | 427 ports (13.7%), 54.6 Tbps (64.1% of capacity) |
| 400G | 18 ports (0.6%), 7.2 Tbps (8.5% of capacity) |
Speed Class Adoption Since 2016
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| Speed class | Share of ports |
|---|---|
| <1G | 2.2% |
| 1G | 21.9% |
| 10G | 59.7% |
| 25G | 1.0% |
| 40G | 1.0% |
| 100G | 13.6% |
| 400G | 0.6% |
400G+ Scoreboard
| # | IXP | City | 400G ports | 800G ports | 400G+ capacity | Share of its ports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg | 9 | 0 | 3.6 Tbps | 1.2% |
| 2 | JINX | Johannesburg | 8 | 0 | 3.2 Tbps | 3.0% |
| 3 | IXPN Lagos | Lagos | 1 | 0 | 400 Gbps | 0.7% |
Largest Single Ports
Recent 400G+ Activations (90 days)
| Date | Network | IXP | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AS30844 Liquid Intelligent Technologies | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | new port at 400 Gbps |
| 2026-09-09 | AS5713 Telkom SA | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | 300 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
| 2026-07-29 | AS20940 Akamai Technologies | JINX | new port at 400 Gbps |
In Africa, IXP members connect through 3,123 ports. The median port is 10 Gbps, 14.2% of ports run at 100G or faster, and 18 ports have entered the 400G era. Speed classes are inferred from aggregate connection speeds: totals that are exact multiples of a standard rate count toward the largest rate that divides them (a 500 Gbps LAG is 100G-class), while a LAG landing exactly on a standard rate — say 4x100G reporting 400G — is indistinguishable from a native port in PeeringDB. Numbers straight from PeeringDB, refreshed every night.