Locations & jurisdictions
Which VPS location is best for African users?
Short answer
Johannesburg for southern Africa — NAPAfrica is by far the largest exchange on the continent. Lagos for West Africa, Nairobi for East Africa, and Cairo or Casablanca for the north. Dubai is often faster than any African location for East Africa, because of how cable routing actually works.
African connectivity has improved dramatically as the Equiano and 2Africa cables have landed, but intra-continental routing still frequently transits Europe. Testing beats assuming: a route from Accra to Nairobi may well go via Marseille.
For services aimed at the whole continent, Johannesburg plus a European origin usually outperforms any single African location.
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