Here are the top ten African countries with the fastest internet download speeds for January 2013 (Results were obtained by analyzing test data between Jan 7, 2013 and Feb 5, 2013) according to Ookla’s Net Index. Ookla is the global leader in broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications. The company’s software and methodologies set the broadband industry standards for accuracy, popularity, ease of use and the subsequent development of statistical data.
The Household Download Index compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the globe based on millions of recent test results from Speedtest.net, The value is the rolling mean throughput in Mbps over the past 30 days where the mean distance between the client and the server is less than 300 miles.
The Top Ten are listed below:
According to the statistics, Hong Kong ranks number one in the world with 45.46 Mbps, followed by Singapore with 38.97 Mbps and Andorra in third position with 38.59 Mbps.
Nigeria and South Africa occupy the 116th position with 3.72 Mbps and 157th position with 2.23 Mbps respectively.