Release 2026-Q4· reporting Q3 2026

Trends

How activity changes over time, quarter by quarter and year by year. Every count is an observed minimum. The tracked markets together are charted on their own scale; the three markets share one chart, and the comparators another.

Markets

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

Active repositories: markets

Distinct repositories receiving a contribution from the country's developers. Countries only.

Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa

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Period	Nigeria	Kenya	South Africa
Q1 2015	≥ 5	≥ 11	≥ 97
Q2 2015	≥ 8	≥ 12	≥ 75
Q3 2015	≥ 4	≥ 9	≥ 92
Q4 2015	≥ 10	≥ 10	≥ 77
Q1 2016	≥ 14	≥ 20	≥ 103
Q2 2016	≥ 13	≥ 16	≥ 121
Q3 2016	≥ 15	≥ 22	≥ 110
Q4 2016	≥ 14	≥ 21	≥ 112
Q1 2017	≥ 20	≥ 24	≥ 118
Q2 2017	≥ 34	≥ 33	≥ 162
Q3 2017	≥ 34	≥ 35	≥ 146
Q4 2017	≥ 35	≥ 31	≥ 153
Q1 2018	≥ 48	≥ 40	≥ 180
Q2 2018	≥ 56	≥ 38	≥ 217
Q3 2018	≥ 58	≥ 47	≥ 261
Q4 2018	≥ 80	≥ 59	≥ 245
Q1 2019	≥ 73	≥ 52	≥ 249
Q2 2019	≥ 75	≥ 59	≥ 239
Q3 2019	≥ 102	≥ 73	≥ 221
Q4 2019	≥ 107	≥ 82	≥ 241
Q1 2020	≥ 120	≥ 77	≥ 241
Q2 2020	≥ 137	≥ 88	≥ 279
Q3 2020	≥ 177	≥ 93	≥ 291
Q4 2020	≥ 169	≥ 91	≥ 309
Q1 2021	≥ 173	≥ 86	≥ 325
Q2 2021	≥ 223	≥ 121	≥ 335
Q3 2021	≥ 300	≥ 120	≥ 365
Q4 2021	≥ 495	≥ 171	≥ 317
Q1 2022	≥ 738	≥ 208	≥ 412
Q2 2022	≥ 864	≥ 306	≥ 454
Q3 2022	≥ 806	≥ 308	≥ 524
Q4 2022	≥ 854	≥ 312	≥ 441
Q1 2023	≥ 711	≥ 247	≥ 464
Q2 2023	≥ 679	≥ 209	≥ 467
Q3 2023	≥ 668	≥ 265	≥ 507
Q4 2023	≥ 699	≥ 295	≥ 523
Q1 2024	≥ 740	≥ 353	≥ 530
Q2 2024	≥ 925	≥ 396	≥ 603
Q3 2024	≥ 1,323	≥ 442	≥ 573
Q4 2024	≥ 1,248	≥ 396	≥ 567
Q1 2025	≥ 1,393	≥ 429	≥ 555
Q2 2025	≥ 2,309	≥ 769	≥ 717
Q3 2025	≥ 2,124	≥ 739	≥ 712
Q4 2025	≥ 1,848	≥ 658	≥ 687
Q1 2026	≥ 1,630	≥ 517	≥ 614
Q2 2026	≥ 1,115	≥ 312	≥ 361
Q3 2026	≥ 886	≥ 213	≥ 265

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