Kenya leads Africa in countries with the fastest mobile internet speed, according to a report from the content delivery network Akamai.
Akamai collects data from more than 130 countries and has said Kenya’s average data connection speed in the first quarter of 2017 was almost twice as fast as the global average.
The East African nation was ranked 14th beating the United States which was ranked 28th with an average speed of 10.7 mbps and South Korea, home to the fastest average speed in fixed internet connection.
In an article on The Quartz Africa, 88% of Kenya’s population access the internet through their phones, thanks to cheaper data plans and constant use of mobile money platforms like MPESA.
Kenya ranks above the other sub-Saharan African nations in terms of average fixed line internet connection speeds.
The country’s “National Broadband Strategy” was launched in 2013 to extend fiber optic cables across the country, encourage more local content online, and install ICT centers at universities.
According to the Communications Authority of Kenya, broadband penetration now covers as much as 30% of the country.
