Will streaming video become as popular in Africa as it is in North America?
Sandvine’s Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011, reveals that over both a 24-hour and peak periods, more North American fixed-access bandwidth is used to stream Netflix video than is devoted to any other form of data usage. …

South America and Africa are currently linked directly by only one undersea cable. Another is on the way for 2013.

African download speeds range widely but average 2.1 Mbps, according to data from over 300,000 bandwidth tests on SpeedTest.net. Upload speeds are half as fast.

A look at WiMAX progress, its challenges, and LTE technology. Includes maps from 2008 and 2011.

Not surprisingly, given the state of Libyan politics, Libya’s major Internet routes appear to have been inactive for much of Friday, February 28th.

In monitoring African Internet trends, it is important to also look at the global picture.