Port Speeds at Internet Exchange Points in Africa
Total ports
3,035
Median port
10 Gbps
90th percentile
100 Gbps
400G+ ports
15
Port Speed Mix Today
| Speed class | Ports / capacity |
|---|---|
| <1G | 63 ports (2.1%), 3.42 Gbps (0.0% of capacity) |
| 1G | 669 ports (22.0%), 694.38 Gbps (0.9% of capacity) |
| 10G | 1,841 ports (60.7%), 19.96 Tbps (25.2% of capacity) |
| 25G | 29 ports (1.0%), 865 Gbps (1.1% of capacity) |
| 40G | 32 ports (1.1%), 1.49 Tbps (1.9% of capacity) |
| 100G | 386 ports (12.7%), 50.3 Tbps (63.4% of capacity) |
| 400G | 15 ports (0.5%), 6 Tbps (7.6% of capacity) |
Speed Class Adoption Since 2016
| Speed class | Share of ports |
|---|---|
| <1G | 2.1% |
| 1G | 22.2% |
| 10G | 60.9% |
| 25G | 1.0% |
| 40G | 1.1% |
| 100G | 12.3% |
| 400G | 0.4% |
400G+ Scoreboard
| # | IXP | City | 400G ports | 800G ports | 400G+ capacity | Share of its ports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JINX | Johannesburg | 7 | 0 | 2.8 Tbps | 2.7% |
| 2 | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg | 7 | 0 | 2.8 Tbps | 0.9% |
| 3 | IXPN Lagos | Lagos | 1 | 0 | 400 Gbps | 0.7% |
Largest Single Ports
Recent 400G+ Activations (90 days)
| Date | Network | IXP | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AS329126 fibertime™ | JINX | new port at 400 Gbps |
| 2026-07-07 | AS60068 CDN77 | JINX | new port at 400 Gbps |
| 2026-06-11 | AS329126 fibertime™ | JINX | 100 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
| 2026-06-04 | AS16509 Amazon.com | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | 200 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
| 2026-06-04 | AS16509 Amazon.com | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | 200 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
| 2026-06-04 | AS16509 Amazon.com | JINX | new port at 400 Gbps |
| 2026-06-04 | AS16509 Amazon.com | JINX | new port at 400 Gbps |
| 2026-05-07 | AS20011 NTT DATA, Broadband, South Africa | JINX | 100 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
| 2026-05-04 | AS20011 NTT DATA, Broadband, South Africa | JINX | 100 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
In Africa, IXP members connect through 3,035 ports. The median port is 10 Gbps, 13.2% of ports run at 100G or faster, and 15 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.