At AfNOG. Network connectivity is pretty good, and not as bad as the RTT might suggest.
traceroute to hermes.cam.ac.uk (131.111.8.59), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 soekris.ws.afnog.org (196.200.222.2) 2.858 ms 2.514 ms 15.464 ms 2 196.216.67.253 (196.216.67.253) 4.517 ms 3.173 ms 7.452 ms 3 217.21.112.4.swiftkenya.com (217.21.112.4) 3.905 ms 3.873 ms 4.796 ms 4 193.220.225.5 (193.220.225.5) 9.375 ms 4.426 ms 5.115 ms 5 NO-NIT-TN-7.taide.net (193.219.192.7) 530.815 ms 530.397 ms 530.574 ms 6 NO-NIT-TN-5.taide.net (193.219.193.145) 533.882 ms 530.595 ms 530.928 ms 7 nb01b11-pos2-0.nb.telenor.net (217.70.230.45) 531.592 ms 533.452 ms 533.100 ms 8 nb01b12-ge3-3-0.nb.telenor.net (217.70.228.21) 631.788 ms 678.357 ms 570.329 ms 9 nb21b12-pos4-2.nb.telenor.net (217.70.227.34) 566.925 ms 615.756 ms 556.670 ms 10 linx-gw1.ja.net (195.66.224.15) 556.974 ms 556.369 ms 555.574 ms 11 po1-1.lond-scr4.ja.net (146.97.35.129) 555.848 ms 555.910 ms 583.818 ms 12 po0-0.lond-scr.ja.net (146.97.33.33) 557.343 ms 564.451 ms 555.941 ms 13 po0-0.cambridge-bar.ja.net (146.97.35.10) 560.323 ms 560.377 ms 561.087 ms 14 route-enet-3.cam.ac.uk (146.97.40.50) 562.861 ms 559.136 ms 559.810 ms 15 route-cent-3.cam.ac.uk (192.153.213.194) 559.727 ms 562.341 ms 559.504 ms 16 hermes-v.csi.cam.ac.uk (131.111.8.59) 559.562 ms 559.973 ms 567.100 ms