A variety of maps and charts focused on Africa’s internet exist – some of the best are featured below:

1. Internet Users (2008) This interactive map from Google labs utilizes data from the World Bank:
   
2. Telecom Reach in Africa: Who’s Connected? (1/2010). {http://www.intac.net/telecom-reach-in-africa-whos-connected/} A color-coded map of mobile and Internet penetration, plus a graph by nation.
3. World Map of Social Networks. {http://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/} An attempt to map the most popular social networks by country, from December 2009.
4. What countries are riskiest to visit on the Internet? {http://bto.cnet.com/i/bto/20091202/Mal_Web_Map.jpg} McAfee compiled a report in late 2009 on the riskiest top-level domains based on how many malicious websites were found during a test period. Cameroon’s .cm ranks as the most dangerous TLD.
5. Infostate of Africa (11/13/09). {http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/11/13/infostate-of-africa/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infostate-of-africa} A robust visualization of African growth.
6. Africa Bandwidth Maps. {http://www.africabandwidthmaps.com/index.html} These detailed maps show 401,000-km of network in 51 African countries including terrestrial, submarine, and satellite cables and coverage.
7. Satellite Signals. {http://www.satsig.net/ivsat-africa.htm} Coverage by band and region, plus links to providers by country.
8. Country Chart. {http://visibone.com/countries/countrychart_4080.jpg} Shows top-level domain country codes for every nation.
9. Internet Development in Africa. {http://www.sanog.org/resources/sanog13/sanog-13-africa-internet-michuki.pdf} A PDF document with multiple maps and charts showing current and planned connections, in addition to African bandwidth trends and predictions.
10. Mobile Broadband Internet in Africa. {http://whiteafrican.com/2008/08/07/mobile-broadband-internet-in-africa} Mobile phone density and top ten African countries in terms of Internet use, 2008.
11. Internet Penetration, 2008. {http://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/download/attachments/37323291/Internet-penetration-2008.png} A worldwide map showing percentages of the population connected to the Internet, by nation.

    

    Source: confluence.slac.standford.edu

12. African Undersea Cables. {http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables} Information regarding planned connections from the rest of the world to the African mainland.
13. Color-coded Internet Penetration Map. {http://www.onlineafrica.net/statistics/color-coded} Created from IWS.
14. World map of social networking preferences, 2007. {http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/infographie/2008/01/14/reseaux-sociaux-des-audiences-differentes-selon-les-continents_999097_651865.html} Africa preferred Facebook, followed by Hi5.



Sources: www.lemonde.fr, ValleyMag Aug 2007, and Datamonitor

http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/laura-cet/2009/09/17/briefly-broadband
15. Map of the Internet, IPv4. {http://whiteafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/map_of_the_internet_v2.jpg} Apple Computer has the same size block as all of Africa.
16. The World of Internet, June 2008. {http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4-oMcsqQx30/SGFY0B6wV6I/AAAAAAAAAOA/5n9ejxGyluI/s1600-h/World+of+Internet+v1.0.2.gif} A colorful and detailed map.
17. Open and Closed Skies: Satellite Access in Africa. {http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ev-53486-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html} Thorough VSAT maps for Africa, from 2004 or 2005.
18. International Connectivity Map, 1995. {http://www.onlineafrica.net/statistics/scanned-international-connectivity-map-1995/} Scanned from an Internet directory from 1995. Approximately one-quarter of African nations still had no Internet connection, mostly due to war or geographic location. Most of these nations still lag the rest of Africa in terms of connectivity.
19. AVG Internet Risk Infographic, August 2010. Results from a survey of 144 countries to determine who offers the safest online user experience. Seven of the safest ten nations are African. {http://www.avg.com.au/news/avg_turkey_and_russia_the_worlds_riskiest_web_surfers/}