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Country

Botswana

Africa BW
IPv4 addresses
177,170
CIDR ranges
149
Global rank · IPv4
#151 of 250
ASNs
38
Organizations
36
Regions / states
16

Top ASNs

ASNNameIPs
AS14988 Botswana Telecommunications Corporation 65.8K
AS14593 Space Exploration Technologies Corporation 32.8K
AS37678 BOTSWANA FIBRE NETWORKS (Proprietary) Limited 18.4K
AS36963 Orange Botswana (PTY) Ltd 14.3K
AS328459 VBN Services 8.4K
AS37257 Broadband Botswana Internet 6.1K
AS327776 STATURE (PTY) LTD 5.6K
AS33781 OPQ Net 5.1K
AS37395 Abari Communications 5.1K
AS329078 Abari Communications 4.1K
AS37014 Mascom Wireless Ltd 3.1K
AS37604 Desert Road Pty Ltd t/a Zebranet 3.1K
AS327830 Concerotel Botswana Pty Ltd 3.1K
AS33763 Paratus Telecommunications Limited 2.0K
AS327716 Microteck Enterprises (Pty) Ltd. 2.0K
AS327750 JENNY INTERNET (PTY) LTD 2.0K
AS37711 Sea Breeze (Pty) Ltd T/A Mega Internet 1.8K
AS36937 Liquid Telecommunications South Africa (Pty) Ltd 1.5K
AS329301 BOTSWANA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK SOCIETY 1.3K
AS29286 Skylogic S.p.A. 1.0K
AS327757 ICT DYNAMIX (Pty) Limited 1.0K
AS327760 ELECTRO METIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTD 1.0K
AS328348 Fasttrack Learning (Proprietary) Limited 1.0K
AS328737 Netway (Proprietary) Limited 1.0K
AS329473 Click Connect Proprietary Limited 1.0K

Regions / states / provinces

Network composition

How Botswana's allocated IPv4 space breaks down by operator type, regional registry, and block size.

By operator category
CategoryIPv4Share
ISP / Telecom 124.9K
94.9%
Mobile 5.1K
3.9%
Academic / Research 1.0K
0.8%
Government 512
0.4%
By regional registry (RIR)
RegistryIPv4Share
ARIN 96.5K
53.3%
AFRINIC 52.0K
28.7%
APNIC 27.7K
15.3%
RIPE NCC 4.6K
2.6%
LACNIC 256
0.1%
Prefix-size distribution (network ranges by block size)
/16–/19
4
/20–/22
40
/23
11
/24
31
/25–/28
11
/29–/32
56

Routing & security

Live BGP routing footprint for Botswana from our global collectors, with RPKI route-origin validation coverage.

Announced prefixes
1,170
Origin ASNs
41
RPKI-valid
19.9%
233 of 1,170 ROA-covered

RPKI-valid % = announced prefixes with a matching Route Origin Authorization. Live routing →

Reverse-DNS, threat intelligence & internet health

How much of Botswana's address space resolves to a hostname, how much appears on public threat blocklists, how widely the population is online, and independent signals of censorship and outages.

Reverse-DNS coverage
5.0%
9.0K IPs with a PTR
Internet adoption
57.5%
of population · 2024
Censorship signal
1.9%
0 confirmed-blocked · 30d
Network outages
3
events · last 90d
Median speed
57 Mbps ↓
24 Mbps ↑ · 59ms
5.0% of allocated IPv4 has a PTR

Reverse-DNS + threat-blocklist footprint from our own scanning & 8 threat-intel feeds. Internet adoption from the World Bank; censorship measurements from OONI; outage detection from IODA / Georgia Tech; connection speed from Cloudflare Radar.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many IPv4 addresses are allocated to Botswana?

Botswana has 177,170 IPv4 addresses allocated across 149 network ranges. These allocations are managed by regional internet registries and assigned to organizations operating within the country.

What are the largest internet providers in Botswana?

The top organizations in Botswana by IP allocation include the major ISPs, hosting providers, and enterprises listed above. These 36 organizations collectively manage the majority of the country's IPv4 address space.

How many ASNs operate in Botswana?

Botswana has 38 or more registered Autonomous Systems. Each ASN represents an independently routed network, such as an ISP, cloud provider, or enterprise network.

What continent is Botswana in?

Botswana is located in Africa. IP address allocations in this region are managed by AFRINIC.

Last updated: 2026-08-29 20:54:05 UTC
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