Global Network Expansion
African traffic growth and predictions for the future

African traffic growth and predictions for the future

8/19/2018 · Louis Poinsignon

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This post details the growth of Cloudflare's presence in Africa, including the establishment of 8 data centers by July 2018 and the observed traffic growth and latency improvements resulting from this expansion. It analyzes the impact of lower latency on TCP throughput and user behavior, discusses inter-African routing challenges, and highlights the role of anycast networks and provider preferences in determining traffic flow.

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