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Tracked African markets

Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa together, each developer counted once.

New developers: Tracked African markets

Developers whose first-ever contribution fell in the month. The latest months rise in later releases as the source adds older projects.

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Period	Tracked African markets
Jan 2019	≥ 43
Feb 2019	≥ 41
Mar 2019	≥ 42
Apr 2019	≥ 58
May 2019	≥ 47
Jun 2019	≥ 51
Jul 2019	≥ 38
Aug 2019	≥ 52
Sept 2019	≥ 49
Oct 2019	≥ 67
Nov 2019	≥ 35
Dec 2019	≥ 38
Jan 2020	≥ 56
Feb 2020	≥ 65
Mar 2020	≥ 56
Apr 2020	≥ 53
May 2020	≥ 81
Jun 2020	≥ 77
Jul 2020	≥ 80
Aug 2020	≥ 80
Sept 2020	≥ 74
Oct 2020	≥ 104
Nov 2020	≥ 65
Dec 2020	≥ 44
Jan 2021	≥ 57
Feb 2021	≥ 50
Mar 2021	≥ 83
Apr 2021	≥ 82
May 2021	≥ 69
Jun 2021	≥ 94
Jul 2021	≥ 100
Aug 2021	≥ 91
Sept 2021	≥ 81
Oct 2021	≥ 120
Nov 2021	≥ 97
Dec 2021	≥ 93
Jan 2022	≥ 118
Feb 2022	≥ 128
Mar 2022	≥ 179
Apr 2022	≥ 173
May 2022	≥ 167
Jun 2022	≥ 144
Jul 2022	≥ 155
Aug 2022	≥ 192
Sept 2022	≥ 177
Oct 2022	≥ 253
Nov 2022	≥ 140
Dec 2022	≥ 103
Jan 2023	≥ 128
Feb 2023	≥ 122
Mar 2023	≥ 148
Apr 2023	≥ 144
May 2023	≥ 111
Jun 2023	≥ 100
Jul 2023	≥ 126
Aug 2023	≥ 151
Sept 2023	≥ 138
Oct 2023	≥ 176
Nov 2023	≥ 130
Dec 2023	≥ 183
Jan 2024	≥ 145
Feb 2024	≥ 97
Mar 2024	≥ 172
Apr 2024	≥ 136
May 2024	≥ 132
Jun 2024	≥ 142
Jul 2024	≥ 169
Aug 2024	≥ 169
Sept 2024	≥ 158
Oct 2024	≥ 174
Nov 2024	≥ 147
Dec 2024	≥ 104
Jan 2025	≥ 161
Feb 2025	≥ 155
Mar 2025	≥ 161
Apr 2025	≥ 164
May 2025	≥ 284
Jun 2025	≥ 201
Jul 2025	≥ 186
Aug 2025	≥ 173
Sept 2025	≥ 151
Oct 2025	≥ 171
Nov 2025	≥ 130
Dec 2025	≥ 121
Jan 2026	≥ 118
Feb 2026	≥ 137
Mar 2026	≥ 159
Apr 2026	≥ 96
May 2026	≥ 88
Jun 2026	≥ 109
Jul 2026	≥ 100
Aug 2026	≥ 76
Sept 2026	≥ 53

Markets

How many developers can be placed differs by country, so compare each line with itself over time before comparing countries.

New developers: markets

Developers whose first-ever contribution fell in the month. The latest months rise in later releases as the source adds older projects.

Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa

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Period	Nigeria	Kenya	South Africa
Jan 2019	≥ 12	≥ 13	≥ 18
Feb 2019	≥ 18	≥ 7	≥ 16
Mar 2019	≥ 22	≥ 7	≥ 13
Apr 2019	≥ 18	≥ 13	≥ 27
May 2019	≥ 11	≥ 9	≥ 27
Jun 2019	≥ 17	≥ 17	≥ 17
Jul 2019	≥ 18	≥ 5	≥ 15
Aug 2019	≥ 27	≥ 6	≥ 19
Sept 2019	≥ 27	≥ 10	≥ 12
Oct 2019	≥ 31	≥ 18	≥ 18
Nov 2019	≥ 14	≥ 6	≥ 15
Dec 2019	≥ 19	≥ 8	≥ 11
Jan 2020	≥ 25	≥ 12	≥ 19
Feb 2020	≥ 29	≥ 11	≥ 25
Mar 2020	≥ 27	≥ 12	≥ 17
Apr 2020	≥ 28	≥ 15	≥ 10
May 2020	≥ 42	≥ 23	≥ 16
Jun 2020	≥ 40	≥ 14	≥ 23
Jul 2020	≥ 50	≥ 12	≥ 18
Aug 2020	≥ 50	≥ 15	≥ 15
Sept 2020	≥ 41	≥ 17	≥ 16
Oct 2020	≥ 65	≥ 19	≥ 20
Nov 2020	≥ 28	≥ 20	≥ 17
Dec 2020	≥ 22	≥ 12	≥ 10
Jan 2021	≥ 28	≥ 12	≥ 17
Feb 2021	≥ 17	≥ 17	≥ 16
Mar 2021	≥ 27	≥ 24	≥ 32
Apr 2021	≥ 32	≥ 21	≥ 29
May 2021	≥ 33	≥ 16	≥ 20
Jun 2021	≥ 38	≥ 23	≥ 33
Jul 2021	≥ 42	≥ 24	≥ 34
Aug 2021	≥ 54	≥ 18	≥ 19
Sept 2021	≥ 43	≥ 19	≥ 19
Oct 2021	≥ 72	≥ 25	≥ 23
Nov 2021	≥ 63	≥ 16	≥ 18
Dec 2021	≥ 63	≥ 8	≥ 22
Jan 2022	≥ 73	≥ 17	≥ 28
Feb 2022	≥ 74	≥ 22	≥ 32
Mar 2022	≥ 114	≥ 31	≥ 34
Apr 2022	≥ 104	≥ 44	≥ 25
May 2022	≥ 104	≥ 33	≥ 30
Jun 2022	≥ 80	≥ 39	≥ 25
Jul 2022	≥ 94	≥ 36	≥ 25
Aug 2022	≥ 124	≥ 30	≥ 38
Sept 2022	≥ 106	≥ 38	≥ 33
Oct 2022	≥ 182	≥ 42	≥ 29
Nov 2022	≥ 81	≥ 39	≥ 20
Dec 2022	≥ 68	≥ 23	≥ 12
Jan 2023	≥ 68	≥ 30	≥ 30
Feb 2023	≥ 66	≥ 34	≥ 22
Mar 2023	≥ 87	≥ 26	≥ 35
Apr 2023	≥ 87	≥ 34	≥ 23
May 2023	≥ 62	≥ 26	≥ 23
Jun 2023	≥ 61	≥ 22	≥ 17
Jul 2023	≥ 76	≥ 20	≥ 30
Aug 2023	≥ 88	≥ 33	≥ 30
Sept 2023	≥ 80	≥ 36	≥ 22
Oct 2023	≥ 99	≥ 65	≥ 12
Nov 2023	≥ 75	≥ 39	≥ 16
Dec 2023	≥ 119	≥ 50	≥ 14
Jan 2024	≥ 71	≥ 52	≥ 22
Feb 2024	≥ 55	≥ 24	≥ 18
Mar 2024	≥ 90	≥ 51	≥ 31
Apr 2024	≥ 69	≥ 34	≥ 33
May 2024	≥ 63	≥ 52	≥ 17
Jun 2024	≥ 83	≥ 31	≥ 28
Jul 2024	≥ 100	≥ 41	≥ 28
Aug 2024	≥ 105	≥ 40	≥ 24
Sept 2024	≥ 111	≥ 24	≥ 23
Oct 2024	≥ 100	≥ 49	≥ 25
Nov 2024	≥ 94	≥ 33	≥ 20
Dec 2024	≥ 71	≥ 19	≥ 14
Jan 2025	≥ 99	≥ 43	≥ 19
Feb 2025	≥ 99	≥ 30	≥ 26
Mar 2025	≥ 100	≥ 39	≥ 22
Apr 2025	≥ 93	≥ 45	≥ 26
May 2025	≥ 162	≥ 81	≥ 41
Jun 2025	≥ 106	≥ 60	≥ 35
Jul 2025	≥ 103	≥ 41	≥ 42
Aug 2025	≥ 104	≥ 37	≥ 32
Sept 2025	≥ 95	≥ 34	≥ 22
Oct 2025	≥ 110	≥ 37	≥ 24
Nov 2025	≥ 82	≥ 24	≥ 24
Dec 2025	≥ 65	≥ 31	≥ 25
Jan 2026	≥ 67	≥ 23	≥ 28
Feb 2026	≥ 81	≥ 33	≥ 23
Mar 2026	≥ 95	≥ 47	≥ 17
Apr 2026	≥ 57	≥ 13	≥ 26
May 2026	≥ 56	≥ 14	≥ 18
Jun 2026	≥ 75	≥ 9	≥ 25
Jul 2026	≥ 69	≥ 15	≥ 16
Aug 2026	≥ 52	≥ 8	≥ 16
Sept 2026	≥ 36	≥ 9	≥ 8

Comparators

Context only: never added into the tracked markets' total.

New developers: comparators

Developers whose first-ever contribution fell in the month. The latest months rise in later releases as the source adds older projects.

Egypt
Ghana

Apr 2026 to Sept 2026: withheld. No figure is shown, and the chart deliberately does not bridge the gap. Why

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Period	Egypt	Ghana
Jan 2019	≥ 13	≥ 3
Feb 2019	≥ 11	≥ 0
Mar 2019	≥ 12	≥ 3
Apr 2019	≥ 11	≥ 5
May 2019	≥ 13	≥ 3
Jun 2019	≥ 8	≥ 4
Jul 2019	≥ 15	≥ 3
Aug 2019	≥ 9	≥ 6
Sept 2019	≥ 10	≥ 1
Oct 2019	≥ 18	≥ 2
Nov 2019	≥ 8	≥ 3
Dec 2019	≥ 13	≥ 2
Jan 2020	≥ 13	≥ 2
Feb 2020	≥ 6	≥ 3
Mar 2020	≥ 16	≥ 3
Apr 2020	≥ 20	≥ 2
May 2020	≥ 14	≥ 5
Jun 2020	≥ 19	≥ 7
Jul 2020	≥ 23	≥ 4
Aug 2020	≥ 13	≥ 5
Sept 2020	≥ 26	≥ 6
Oct 2020	≥ 17	≥ 3
Nov 2020	≥ 15	≥ 4
Dec 2020	≥ 11	≥ 1
Jan 2021	≥ 16	≥ 3
Feb 2021	≥ 21	≥ 2
Mar 2021	≥ 18	≥ 3
Apr 2021	≥ 19	≥ 6
May 2021	≥ 16	≥ 6
Jun 2021	≥ 12	≥ 6
Jul 2021	≥ 14	≥ 0
Aug 2021	≥ 16	≥ 7
Sept 2021	≥ 22	≥ 4
Oct 2021	≥ 27	≥ 11
Nov 2021	≥ 25	≥ 6
Dec 2021	≥ 20	≥ 9
Jan 2022	≥ 22	≥ 9
Feb 2022	≥ 20	≥ 7
Mar 2022	≥ 22	≥ 12
Apr 2022	≥ 26	≥ 8
May 2022	≥ 31	≥ 10
Jun 2022	≥ 33	≥ 10
Jul 2022	≥ 26	≥ 12
Aug 2022	≥ 32	≥ 9
Sept 2022	≥ 41	≥ 7
Oct 2022	≥ 30	≥ 13
Nov 2022	≥ 28	≥ 9
Dec 2022	≥ 27	≥ 6
Jan 2023	≥ 19	≥ 15
Feb 2023	≥ 31	≥ 5
Mar 2023	≥ 37	≥ 4
Apr 2023	≥ 25	≥ 13
May 2023	≥ 30	≥ 16
Jun 2023	≥ 20	≥ 10
Jul 2023	≥ 35	≥ 10
Aug 2023	≥ 28	≥ 14
Sept 2023	≥ 30	≥ 6
Oct 2023	≥ 31	≥ 12
Nov 2023	≥ 17	≥ 10
Dec 2023	≥ 22	≥ 8
Jan 2024	≥ 28	≥ 10
Feb 2024	≥ 35	≥ 5
Mar 2024	≥ 41	≥ 7
Apr 2024	≥ 29	≥ 8
May 2024	≥ 43	≥ 12
Jun 2024	≥ 27	≥ 8
Jul 2024	≥ 37	≥ 4
Aug 2024	≥ 29	≥ 14
Sept 2024	≥ 40	≥ 10
Oct 2024	≥ 31	≥ 8
Nov 2024	≥ 30	≥ 10
Dec 2024	≥ 28	≥ 10
Jan 2025	≥ 40	≥ 9
Feb 2025	≥ 40	≥ 10
Mar 2025	≥ 60	≥ 10
Apr 2025	≥ 45	≥ 17
May 2025	≥ 55	≥ 34
Jun 2025	≥ 47	≥ 9
Jul 2025	≥ 51	≥ 15
Aug 2025	≥ 47	≥ 19
Sept 2025	≥ 47	≥ 14
Oct 2025	≥ 61	≥ 11
Nov 2025	≥ 47	≥ 9
Dec 2025	≥ 50	≥ 3
Jan 2026	≥ 47	≥ 6
Feb 2026	≥ 54	≥ 5
Mar 2026	≥ 53	≥ 8
Apr 2026	≥ 32	not published
May 2026	≥ 34	not published
Jun 2026	≥ 19	not published
Jul 2026	≥ 24	not published
Aug 2026	≥ 23	not published
Sept 2026	≥ 21	not published