{{Rwanda has been ranked first in Africa with high speed internet, according to Net Index’s report released in March 2013, calculated from results of millions of recent tests via Speedtest.net, compares and ranks consumer download speeds around the world.}}
The value of the index corresponds to the “moving average Mbps (megabits per second) within 30 days for an average distance between the client and the server is less than 300 miles.
Rwanda currently relies on three submarine fibre optic cable systems for Internet connection such as the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSY), The East African Marine Systems (TEAMS) and SEACOM through local telecommunication companies and ISPs.
{{Rwanda: first in Africa, 69th World 7.43 Mbps}}
Rwanda, which won three places since last year, dethroning Madagascar with an average download speed of 7.43 Mbps. 3,566 unique IP addresses have been tested between 04 February and 5 March 2013.
The country owes its improvement efforts MTN RwandaCell which users download faster with a speed of 4.44 Mbps 1.25 Mbps cons.
{{Madagascar: 2nd Africa, 76th World 7.02 Mbps}}
The Big Island is maintained and always offers Internet speeds well above those available in most African countries.
The country loses one place from last year but still better classified as heavy Africans as South Africa and Nigeria recorded download speeds of 3.86 and 2.37 respectively Mbps.
Madagascar is 76th in the world according to test results 9978 unique IP between 04 February and 5 March 2013.
In the capital, Antananarivo, average speed jumped 2.12 Mbps to 6.85 Mbps compared to August 2012.
The Internet Service Provider Data Telecom Service offers services with the fastest average speed of 7.45 Mbps.
{{Ethiopia: 3rd Africa, 87th World}}
The results were obtained by analyzing tests on 3189 unique IP between 6 November 2012 and 5 March 2013.
The country owes its 3rd place at the African ISP Ethio Telecom which provides average download speed of 16.80 outstanding African Mbps.
Internet connection plays a crucial role in economic development of any country.
Faster Internet lowers operational costs for some businesses, saves time, and is sometimes a criterion used by investors in making investment decisions.
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