Public software mirror

techafrica

A public mirror of open-source software, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria and served over IPv4 and IPv6. Run by tech.africa to put popular Linux repositories closer to the people who use them.

What you can mirror from here

Synced directly from upstream roughly every four hours.

AlmaLinux

Approximately 1.3 TB

Syncing

https://mirror.tech.africa/almalinux/

Rocky Linux

Approximately 1.3 TB

Syncing

https://mirror.tech.africa/rocky/

Using the mirror

Point your package manager at the base URL above, or browse the directories directly.

Why we run it

tech.africa has covered African technology and internet infrastructure since 2004. Running a mirror is a small, practical contribution to the thing we write about: fetching a distribution from within the continent is faster and cheaper than pulling it across an ocean, and every byte served locally is a byte that does not need international transit.

Questions, or want a project mirrored here? Get in touch through our contact page.