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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
    4. Source: Hamilton Research 2009, www.africabandwidthmaps.com
    Source: Hamilton Research 2009, www.africabandwidthmaps.com
  4. Satellite Signals. {http://www.satsig.net/ivsat-africa.htm} Coverage by band and region, plus links to providers by country.
  5. Country Chart. {http://visibone.com/countries/countrychart_4080.jpg} Shows top-level domain country codes for every nation.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
    Source: confluence.slac.standford.edu
  9. African Undersea Cables. {http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables} Information regarding planned connections from the rest of the world to the African mainland.
  10. Color-coded Internet Penetration Map. {http://www.onlineafrica.net/statistics/color-coded} Created from IWS.
  11. 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.
    12. Sources: www.lemonde.fr, ValleyMag Aug 2007, and Datamonitor
    Sources: www.lemonde.fr, ValleyMag Aug 2007, and Datamonitor
    http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/laura-cet/2009/09/17/briefly-broadband
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.