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Release 2026-Q4· reporting 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 | 1.9% | ≥ 22 | — | not published |
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 | ≥ 8 | ≥ 11 | not published | not published | not published | ≥ 16 |
Egypt and Ghana, for context. A gap is a quarter with fewer than 50 active developers in the country or 5 in the ecosystem.
| Period | Egypt |
|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 5.8% |
| Q1 2022 | 6.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 6.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 4.7% |
| Q4 2022 | 7.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 4.7% |
| Q2 2023 | 3.1% |
| Q3 2023 | 2.5% |
| Q4 2023 | 2.7% |
| Q3 2024 | 2.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 1.9% |
| Q1 2025 | 3.2% |
| Q2 2025 | 2.3% |
| Q3 2025 | 2.1% |
| Q4 2025 | 2.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 1.6% |
| Q3 2026 | 3.0% |
Release 2026-Q4· source snapshot 20261005T130551· data through 2026-09-27· Revision log
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| Nigeria | 1.7% | ≥ 14 | not published | — | — | — | — |
| EgyptContext only | 3.0% | ≥ 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
Changes, intensity and tenure are published for the latest eight quarters where a country has 20 or more developers in the ecosystem. Shares need at least 50 active developers in the country and 5 in the ecosystem; a cell under 5 developers is not published.
| Nigeria | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EgyptContext only | — | — | — | — | — | — |