Lightning in Africa

How many of the tracked developers in each country contribute to Lightning, and how that changes. A developer counts for Lightning when they contribute to any project in it, as the source files them. Every count is an observed minimum.

CSV, every country and period

Egypt and Ghana are comparators

Lightning across the tracked countries, Q3 2026

Shares are of each country's own tracked active developers. Changes compare the same ecosystem in the same country.

Country	Share of active developers	Developers	Share of the markets' contributors	Developers, change on previous quarter	Developers, change on a year earlier	Share, change on previous quarter	Active again from last quarter
Tracked African markets	2.5%	≥ 30	—	not published

Contribution intensity and tenure, Q3 2026

Developers in the ecosystem by contribution days in the quarter, and by time since their first contribution. Contribution days measure activity, not employment.

Country	Occasional, under 10 days	Sustained, 10 to 49 days	Heavy, 50 days or more	Under 1 year	1 to 2 years	2 years or more
Tracked African markets	≥ 11	≥ 17	not published	≥ 6	not published	≥ 20

Share of active developers contributing to Lightning

Each quarter, in each market and in the tracked markets together. Shares of different denominators: compare a country with itself over time before comparing countries.

Tracked African markets
Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa

Q4 2021 to Q3 2026: not published. Part of this series is not published here; the other series are. Why

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Period	Tracked African markets	Nigeria	Kenya	South Africa
Q4 2021	0.96%	not published	not published	2.2%
Q1 2022	0.53%	not published	not published	not published
Q2 2022	0.56%	not published	not published	1.8%
Q3 2022	0.93%	1.1%	not published	not published
Q4 2022	0.73%	0.70%	not published	not published
Q1 2023	1.3%	1.3%	not published	2.3%
Q2 2023	1.4%	1.6%	not published	not published
Q3 2023	1.3%	1.5%	not published	1.6%
Q4 2023	1.5%	1.9%	not published	1.7%
Q1 2024	2.1%	2.8%	not published	1.6%
Q2 2024	1.3%	1.5%	not published	1.5%
Q3 2024	0.82%	0.97%	not published	not published
Q4 2024	0.80%	0.82%	not published	not published
Q1 2025	1.1%	1.3%	not published	not published
Q2 2025	0.98%	1.1%	not published	not published
Q3 2025	1.1%	1.3%	not published	not published
Q4 2025	1.1%	1.3%	not published	not published
Q1 2026	1.4%	1.9%	not published	not published
Q2 2026	2.1%	2.6%	not published	not published
Q3 2026	2.5%	2.7%	3.2%	not published

Release 2026-Q4· source snapshot 20261005T130551· data through 2026-09-27· Revision log