South Africa’s biggest Internet exchange point (IXP), NAPAfrica, exceeded data throughput of five terabits-per-second (Tbps) this past week.
The IXP has shown marked growth over the past decade, reaching 100Gbps in 2016, 500Gbps in 2018, 1Tbps in 2020, 2Tbps in 2022, 3Tbps in 2023, and 4Tbps in 2024.
When it launched in 2012, it began with just 532Mbps of peak traffic.
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Read more about South Africa’s Internet infrastructure in our Pulse Country Report and Pulse IXP Tracker.