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Internet outage in Zambia on 26 August 2026: MTN Zambia
| When (UTC) | Duration | Severity | Peak drop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 2026 09:50-10:40 UTC | 50 min | Degraded | 26% |
Country signal around the event
Each point: share of the country's networks that answered a probe within 10 minutes. Data: IODA (Georgia Tech). Event selection, exact timing and provider breakdown: GeoCables. Red band: the event.
Providers during the event
| Provider | Share of users | Signal drop | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zain Zambia AS37287 | 60.7% | 0% | No change |
| MTN Zambia AS36962 | 38.9% | 55% | Affected |
| Zambia AS37154 | 6.6% | 6% | No change |
| Starlink AS14593 | 5.5% | 0% | No change |
| Airtel Rwanda AS327708 | 3.3% | - | No data |
How we know this
Both series come from IODA (Georgia Tech): BGP route visibility and active probing of networks inside the country. GeoCables does the rest: a drop of 20% or more below the usual level of the last 24 hours is a disruption, 50% or more an outage; the exact start and end are taken from the full-resolution series (10-minute steps), not from the moment our detector recorded the event. Provider figures are hourly samples from the same source; a provider counts as affected at a drop of 30% or more. Our own probes on land are a separate layer and are shown here only when they saw the event.
Confidence: Medium: the drop is visible in active probing; route visibility did not drop.
Data: Country series for this page (JSON) · Permanent link to this event: geocables.com/outages/zm/2026-08-26 · Page generated 02.10.2026 19:34 UTC