C — https://allafrica.com | BeaverCheck Audit

Site Health

Score: 74 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Decent speed, but optimizing further could improve engagement.

Several missing protections leave your users and data exposed.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Well-optimized for search — your content is discoverable.

Solid infrastructure — fast server responses across the board.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Rich content metadata — your pages look great everywhere.

Heavier than average — reducing page weight saves energy and bandwidth.

How is this calculated?

The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.

Performance 25%Security 25%Accessibility 15%SEO 10%Infrastructure 10%Compliance 8%Content 5%Sustainability 2%

Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.

How the composite score is calculated

How you compare

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You 74

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You 74

Avg 72

At average

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Top Priorities (5)

HSTS header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

2 image-in-link without alt text

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Alt Text Quality

2 link(s) with no accessible text

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Link & Button Quality

3 image(s) missing alt attribute

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Alt Text Quality

42 image-only link(s) without alt text

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Link & Button Quality

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Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Impact

Quick Wins

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

← Low effort High effort →

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What fixing these means

Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology — an estimated 15% of your potential audience. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your user trust.

1 security gap detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.

4 accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology.

Conversion Barriers

3 critical 3 warning

6 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~28%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 17.4s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 14.9s over the 2.5s threshold

Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images

Page feels frozen for 666ms

+5% bounce

Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs

Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration

Trust (2)

No HSTS header

+1% bounce

Returning visitors are briefly exposed to downgrade attacks on first request

Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

No Content-Security-Policy header

+1% bounce

Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form

Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Navigation (2)

No skip-to-content link

+1% bounce

Keyboard and screen-reader users must tab through the entire header on every page

Fix: Add a visible-on-focus <a href="#main">Skip to content</a> as the first focusable element

5 broken link(s) on the page

+5% bounce

Clicks land on 404s — trust drops and the session often ends

Fix: Fix or remove the broken destinations surfaced on the Content tab

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Return on Investment

$650 investment → $0.66/month returns + USD 157,500 risk avoided

Payback period: > 2 years First-year ROI: -99%

Investment

$650

6h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

$0.66 /mo

~$7.93 / year

Bandwidth savings $0.66

Regulatory risk avoided

USD 157,500

if kept compliant

ADA Title III USD 150,000
CCPA/CPRA USD 7,500

$50 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Full methodology & sources

Estimated Remediation Cost

$650

6.5 developer hours at $100/hr

Based on United States rates ($100/hr)

Quick wins

$50 1 fixes in ~30 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions

Custom rate

$ /hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

What Inaction Is Costing You

$13,126 / month at risk

~$157,508 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

$157,500

ADA Title IIICCPA/CPRA

No privacy policy link detected
CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
4 advertising/retargeting trackers detected
CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500

+10 more

Bandwidth Waste

$0.66 /mo

8255.6 MB/mo × 0.080 USD/GB

Optimize transfer: save ~826 KB per page load
Saves $0.66/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Monthly visitors

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Conversion rate (%)

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Avg. order value

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue

Current bounce (est.)

After fixes (est.)

Estimated bounce reduction

Fix 5 critical issues to capture this value

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

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Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

6.29 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

17.35 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

666 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

6.98 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

17.58 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
s.clickiocdn.com/t/215885/360_light.js	1800.0 s	293.8 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/	1200.0 s	77.8 KiB
clickiocmp.com/t/consent_215885.js	60.0 s	43.8 KiB
scdn.cxense.com/cx.js	3600.0 s	38.1 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/cx.js	3600.0 s	38.1 KiB
platform.twitter.com/widgets.js	1800.0 s	27.3 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js	1200.0 s	5.0 KiB
sb.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js	86400.0 s	6.7 KiB
clickiocmp.com/t/static/cmp/diagnostic-core.js	1800.0 s	2.4 KiB
/api/badges/download-on-the-app-store/black/en-us?size=25...	604800.0 s	11.3 KiB
rules.quantcount.com/rules-p-e1eaCwfv4zVTI.js	3600.0 s	635 B
/Repo/rep.gif?ver=3.3.0&typ=pgv&rnd=mo9ckf7u2082h2i5&sid=...	0.0 ms	412 B

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681224:e0e80349c683c63b36...	101.5 KiB	64.5 KiB
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`	/static/images/advertising/canex/canex-wknd-2026-lagos-mo...	66.7 KiB	61.5 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00661293:3b927b2dabf77124d6...	81.6 KiB	44.6 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681225:42481942644cf1e9c5...	72.3 KiB	35.3 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00501338:7d7652a0ddc3561f7e...	69.9 KiB	33.0 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00351574:2351e4e3d1e5b0b132...	63.5 KiB	26.5 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681202:7bdbde563788ca02da...	29.2 KiB	19.1 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00491044:81badbcd5300dd402f...	55.2 KiB	18.2 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681224:e0e80349c683c63b36...	27.4 KiB	17.3 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681152:76026af52ed1849bf6...	25.1 KiB	15.0 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00380876:7dcbf66a8317803571...	51.8 KiB	14.8 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681194:09e230e2076ed1ec54...	24.2 KiB	14.1 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00560536:77a1996f0a8a03eaf0...	23.8 KiB	13.7 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681177:81ea6009ea66fc717a...	23.7 KiB	13.6 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00661293:3b927b2dabf77124d6...	22.5 KiB	12.4 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00501338:7d7652a0ddc3561f7e...	20.4 KiB	10.3 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681225:42481942644cf1e9c5...	19.6 KiB	9.5 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00351574:2351e4e3d1e5b0b132...	18.9 KiB	8.8 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681193:d404229abd436aeae7...	18.7 KiB	8.6 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00491044:81badbcd5300dd402f...	17.8 KiB	7.8 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681175:9016e88c9e9bb94204...	17.8 KiB	7.7 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681187:752f6f32031c0c03a6...	15.7 KiB	5.6 KiB
AllAfrica `div.logo > div.ar-outer > div.ar-inner > a`	cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo.png	8.4 KiB	5.5 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00380876:7dcbf66a8317803571...	15.3 KiB	5.2 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-3-IMG

nodeLabel: div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive

path: 7,HTML,2,BODY,8,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,3,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive

snippet: <img class="img-responsive" srcset="https://cdn.allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681225:4248194264…" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) calc( ( ( 1170px - 30px ) / 2 ) - 10px - 2px - 2px ),…" src="https://cdn.allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681225:4248194264…" alt="" width="1065" height="652">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
/static/css/font-awesome/4.7.0/font-awesome.min.css?v=202...	6.9 KiB	168 ms
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/screen.min.css?v=2025082501	15.9 KiB	168 ms
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap.min.css?v=2025082501	18.2 KiB	336 ms
/static/css/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap-xxs-tn.min.css?v=20...	1.1 KiB	841 ms

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 170 ms 30.1 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap.min.css?v=2025082501	17.8 KiB	17.0 KiB
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/screen.min.css?v=2025082501	15.5 KiB	13.1 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 2.5 s 517.7 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
s.clickiocdn.com/t/215885/360_light.js	293.6 KiB	265.7 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	107.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-5P8RKMB865	173.6 KiB	67.1 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/	77.7 KiB	53.5 KiB
clickiocmp.com/t/consent_215885.js	43.5 KiB	24.0 KiB

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
allafrica.com/	741 ms	330 ms	16 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	678 ms	539 ms	73 ms
Unattributable	607 ms	59 ms	0.0 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-5P8RKMB865	361 ms	267 ms	64 ms
s.clickiocdn.com/t/215885/360_light.js	340 ms	179 ms	158 ms
platform.twitter.com/widgets.js	194 ms	142 ms	22 ms
cdn.allafrica.com/static/js/jquery/jquery-1.9.1.min.js?v=2025082501	170 ms	68 ms	12 ms
scdn.cxense.com/cx.js	143 ms	114 ms	15 ms
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js	121 ms	103 ms	18 ms
connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/	108 ms	66 ms	41 ms
clickiocmp.com/t/consent_215885.js	86 ms	62 ms	17 ms
ep2.adtrafficquality.google/sodar/sodar2.js	52 ms	46 ms	2.9 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	2.1 s
Other	683 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	479 ms
Style & Layout	376 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	114 ms
Rendering	60 ms
Garbage Collection	26 ms

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
s.clickiocdn.com/t/215885/360_light.js	293.8 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-5P8RKMB865	173.9 KiB
/widgets/widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.h...	103.4 KiB
/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681224:e0e80349c683c63b36...	101.9 KiB
/static/images/advertising/canex/canex-wknd-2026-lagos-de...	98.9 KiB
cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/favicon.ico	97.8 KiB
/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00661293:3b927b2dabf77124d6...	82.0 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/	77.8 KiB
/static/fonts/font-awesome/4.7.0/fontawesome-webfont.woff...	75.8 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
Get it on Google Play `div.app-download > div.google-play-download > a.external > img`	play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`	/static/images/advertising/canex/canex-wknd-2026-lagos-mo...
allAfrica.com `div.featured-publisher > div.logo-container > a.logo > img`	cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/publishers/minibanners/allafrica180.png
Download on the App Store `div.app-download > div.app-store-download > a.external > img`	/api/badges/download-on-the-app-store/black/en-us?size=25...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Document request latency

●Optimize DOM size

●Font display

●Forced reflow

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 25 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 14 long tasks found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 80 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 110 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid multiple page redirects

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 40 ms

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

○Avoid large layout shifts

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
English (current) `nav.nav-center-logo > div.top-right-button-container > div.btn-group > a.navbar-link`
En Français `nav.nav-center-logo > div.top-right-button-container > div.btn-group > a.navbar-link`
CARNEGIE: PEACEBUILDING COVERAGE `div.content > div.infocenter-link > h1 > a`
OCPGROUP `div.content > div.infocenter-link > h1 > a`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(263Chat) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Nyasa Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(263Chat) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(RFI) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Survival International) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Shabelle) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(allAfrica) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(New Zimbabwe) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Africa Check) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Africa Check) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Independent (Kampala)) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(This Day) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(This Day) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(GroundUp) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Vanguard) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(UCT) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(New Dawn) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(allAfrica) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(New Zimbabwe) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Daba Finance) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(African Union) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(African Union) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Independent (Kampala)) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Link text that is discernible improves the experience for users with low vision. Learn how to make links distinguishable.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
latest video news reports `div#row-206 > div.column > p > a`
latest audio news and features `div#row-206 > div.column > p > a`
90 news organizations `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`
500 other institutions and individuals `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`
produced or commissioned by AllAfrica `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`
Contact us `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Navigation

Properly ordered headings that do not skip levels convey the semantic structure of the page, making it easier to navigate and understand when using assistive technologies. Learn more about heading order.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Original content by the AllAfrica news team and guest columns from world leaders `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > div.clearfix > h5`

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Names and labels

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a`

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Zimbabwe at 46 - Between Promise and Reality `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
All of Africa Today - April 17, 2026 `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
EFF Leader Julius Malema Sentenced To Five Years In Prison `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
All of Africa Today - April 16, 2026 `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`

One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html `html`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○`[role]` values are valid

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○Buttons have an accessible name

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

User Experience

Image display dimensions should match natural aspect ratio. Learn more about image aspect ratio.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Aspect Ratio (Displayed)	Aspect Ratio (Actual)
Follow AllAfrica on Google News `ul > li > a.tracked > img`	cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/connect/icon-google-newsstand.png	27 x 27 (1.00)	39 x 32 (1.22)

Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn how to provide responsive images.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Displayed size	Actual size	Expected size
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`	/static/images/advertising/canex/canex-wknd-2026-lagos-mo...	320 x 100	320 x 100	480 x 150

Browser Compatibility

A character encoding declaration is required. It can be done with a `<meta>` tag in the first 1024 bytes of the HTML or in the Content-Type HTTP response header. Learn more about declaring the character encoding.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Page has the HTML doctype

●No browser errors logged to the console

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Crawling and Indexing

Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn how to make links crawlable

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER `div.rss-and-site-links > ul.site-links > li > a.newsletter-signup-trigger`

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Content Best Practices

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●robots.txt is valid

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

727 ms

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

1.39 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

22 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

1.01 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

3.07 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:31.111 source:map[column:699 line:140 type:source-location url:https://allafrica.com/ urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:30.879 source:map[column:6689 line:4 type:source-location url:https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/js/jquery/jquery-1.9.1.min.js?v=2025082501 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.232 source:map[column:5583 line:4 type:source-location url:https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/js/jquery/jquery-1.9.1.min.js?v=2025082501 urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`	/static/images/advertising/canex/canex-wknd-2026-lagos-de...	98.4 KiB	87.8 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681224:e0e80349c683c63b36...	68.8 KiB	57.0 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00661293:3b927b2dabf77124d6...	55.6 KiB	43.8 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681225:42481942644cf1e9c5...	48.4 KiB	36.6 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00501338:7d7652a0ddc3561f7e...	47.4 KiB	35.6 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00351574:2351e4e3d1e5b0b132...	43.8 KiB	32.0 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00491044:81badbcd5300dd402f...	38.4 KiB	26.6 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00380876:7dcbf66a8317803571...	35.6 KiB	23.8 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00660499:18e7dbb4f97c0ade1a...	30.6 KiB	18.8 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00680778:2310abb4e05312b730...	27.0 KiB	16.6 KiB
div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive `div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681226:80304788bd61adabf5...	24.6 KiB	15.1 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681224:e0e80349c683c63b36...	16.8 KiB	11.2 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681194:09e230e2076ed1ec54...	15.7 KiB	10.0 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681177:81ea6009ea66fc717a...	14.4 KiB	8.7 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00661293:3b927b2dabf77124d6...	14.1 KiB	8.4 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00501338:7d7652a0ddc3561f7e...	13.4 KiB	7.8 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00351574:2351e4e3d1e5b0b132...	12.4 KiB	6.7 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681193:d404229abd436aeae7...	12.2 KiB	6.5 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00491044:81badbcd5300dd402f...	12.0 KiB	6.3 KiB
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > a > img.img-responsive`	/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00681175:9016e88c9e9bb94204...	11.3 KiB	5.6 KiB
AllAfrica `div.logo > div.ar-outer > div.ar-inner > a`	cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo.png	8.4 KiB	5.5 KiB
Follow AllAfrica on WhatsApp `ul > li > a.tracked > img`	cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/connect/icon-whatsapp.png	4.1 KiB	4.1 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-7-IMG

nodeLabel: div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive

path: 7,HTML,2,BODY,8,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,3,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.cell > div.foundation > a > img.img-responsive

snippet: <img class="img-responsive" srcset="https://cdn.allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00380876:7dcbf66a83…" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) calc( ( ( 1170px - 30px ) / 2 ) - 10px - 2px - 2px ),…" src="https://cdn.allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00380876:7dcbf66a83…" alt="" width="1065" height="652">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/screen.min.css?v=2025082501	15.9 KiB	57 ms
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap.min.css?v=2025082501	18.2 KiB	57 ms
/static/css/font-awesome/4.7.0/font-awesome.min.css?v=202...	6.9 KiB
/static/css/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap-xxs-tn.min.css?v=20...	1.1 KiB	283 ms

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
s.clickiocdn.com/t/215885/360_light.js	1800.0 s	293.8 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/	1200.0 s	77.8 KiB
clickiocmp.com/t/consent_215885.js	60.0 s	43.8 KiB
scdn.cxense.com/cx.js	3600.0 s	38.1 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/cx.js	3600.0 s	38.1 KiB
platform.twitter.com/widgets.js	1800.0 s	27.3 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js	1200.0 s	5.0 KiB
sb.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js	86400.0 s	6.7 KiB
clickiocmp.com/t/static/cmp/diagnostic-core.js	1800.0 s	2.4 KiB
/api/badges/download-on-the-app-store/black/en-us?size=25...	604800.0 s	11.3 KiB
rules.quantcount.com/rules-p-e1eaCwfv4zVTI.js	3600.0 s	642 B
/Repo/rep.gif?ver=3.3.0&typ=pgv&rnd=mo9ckxgwsjz3f2as&sid=...	0.0 ms	411 B

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 29.0 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/bootstrap/3.3.7/bootstrap.min.css?v=2025082501	17.8 KiB	16.8 KiB
cdn.allafrica.com/static/css/screen.min.css?v=2025082501	15.5 KiB	12.1 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 515.7 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
s.clickiocdn.com/t/215885/360_light.js	293.6 KiB	265.7 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604170101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...	187.4 KiB	105.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-5P8RKMB865	173.6 KiB	67.1 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/	77.7 KiB	53.5 KiB
clickiocmp.com/t/consent_215885.js	43.5 KiB	24.0 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
Get it on Google Play `div.app-download > div.google-play-download > a.external > img`	play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`	/static/images/advertising/canex/canex-wknd-2026-lagos-de...
Download on the App Store `div.app-download > div.app-store-download > a.external > img`	/api/badges/download-on-the-app-store/black/en-us?size=25...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Max Potential First Input Delay 70 ms

●Layout shift culprits

●Document request latency

●Optimize DOM size

●Font display

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●Avoids enormous network payloads Total size was 2,362 KiB

●User Timing marks and measures 27 user timings

●JavaScript execution time 0.5 s

●Minimizes main-thread work 1.3 s

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 2 long tasks found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 80 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 90 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid multiple page redirects

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 40 ms

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

○Avoid large layout shifts

Accessibility

Names and labels

When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn how to make buttons more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-nav > button.owl-prev `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-nav > button.owl-prev`
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-nav > button.owl-next `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-nav > button.owl-next`
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot`
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot`
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot`
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot`
div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot `div.carousel-container > div.carousel > div.owl-dots > button.owl-dot`

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.row > div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a`

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
English (current) `nav.nav-center-logo > div.top-right-button-container > div.btn-group > a.navbar-link`
En Français `nav.nav-center-logo > div.top-right-button-container > div.btn-group > a.navbar-link`
CARNEGIE: PEACEBUILDING COVERAGE `div.content > div.infocenter-link > h1 > a`
OCPGROUP `div.content > div.infocenter-link > h1 > a`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(263Chat) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Nyasa Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(263Chat) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(RFI) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Survival International) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Shabelle) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(allAfrica) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(New Zimbabwe) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Africa Check) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Africa Check) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Independent (Kampala)) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(This Day) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(This Day) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(GroundUp) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Vanguard) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(UCT) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(New Dawn) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(allAfrica) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(New Zimbabwe) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Daba Finance) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Capital FM) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(African Union) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(African Union) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Premium Times) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`
(Independent (Kampala)) `ul.stories > li > a > span.source`

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Link text that is discernible improves the experience for users with low vision. Learn how to make links distinguishable.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
latest video news reports `div#row-206 > div.column > p > a`
latest audio news and features `div#row-206 > div.column > p > a`
90 news organizations `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`
500 other institutions and individuals `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`
produced or commissioned by AllAfrica `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`
Contact us `div.col-tn-12 > div.notes > p.note > a`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Navigation

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Original content by the AllAfrica news team and guest columns from world leaders `div.row > div.col-tn-12 > div.clearfix > h5`

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
All of Africa Today - April 21, 2026 `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
Final Testimony Set for Lusikisiki Trial Within a Trial - South African News Br… `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
All of Africa Today - April 20, 2026 `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
Mop-Up Operations Begin After Cape Storms - South African News Briefs - April 2… `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
Zimbabwe at 46 - Between Promise and Reality `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
All of Africa Today - April 17, 2026 `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
Mugabe Attempted Murder Case Resumes - South African News Briefs - April 17, 20… `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
EFF Leader Julius Malema Sentenced To Five Years In Prison `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
All of Africa Today - April 16, 2026 `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
Chinese Ant Smuggler Sentenced to a Year in Jail by Kenyan Court `div.content > ul.stories > li > a`
Senegal: Senegal's Macky Sall in UN Leadership Race Faces Rare Public Questioni… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 21, 2026 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: Experts Seek Improvement On Childhood Cancer Survival Rate in Africa `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: AUC Chairperson This Morning Joined H.E. @tayeatske, President of the F… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: AUC Chairperson Today Received the Letters of Credence of H.E. Ambassad… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: Africa Urged to Fast-Track Energy Access As Kenya Emerges Renewable Inv… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: Imposter Facebook Page Uses Watu Branding to Lure Users Into Paying for… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: Africa Is Repositioning Poultry for Food Security `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: The African Union Commission and Kaiciid Sign a Memorandum of Understan… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: West Africa's Healthcare Investment Momentum Builds...As Whx Returns to… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Welcomes Progress On Talks Between DR Congo, M23 Armed Group `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 21, 2026 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Rwanda: Rising Oil Shocks Demand a Culture of Frugality `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Rwanda: Banyamulenge Protest in U.S., Kenya Amid Rising Calls for Action On Min… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: The Glaring Injustice of Maternal Deaths in Africa `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Uganda: Ugandan Military Reports Rescue of 200 ADF Hostages in DR Congo `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Welcomes Progress On Talks Between DR Congo, M23 Armed Group `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 20, 2026 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Rwanda: Kagame, Prince of Ghana's Asante Kingdom Discuss Ties `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Angola: Namibia Funds N$4 Billion Power Link With Angola `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Kenya: Ruto Explains Why Fuel Costs More in Kenya `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Kenya: High Court Lifts Orders Blocking Arrest of Governors `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Kenya: 'Don't Rely On Social Media for News About Home' - Ruto Tells Kenyans in… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Tanzania: Maasai Protest UNESCO's Complicity in their Eviction for 'Conservatio… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Somalia: 72 Media Freedom Violations Reported in Somalia, Including One Journal… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 21, 2026 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Kenya: Ai-Generated Image Used to Falsely Claim April 2026 Helicopter Crash in … `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Uganda: Speaker Among - I Have Overachieved, Time to Retire in 2031 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Kenya: 11 Arrested As Police Break Up Fuel Price Protests in Nairobi CBD `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Kenya: Itumbi Dismisses Claims of Delayed ID Issuance, Cites Nakuru Data Amid P… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Zimbabwe: Chivayo Backtracks On $3.6m Parliament Pledge `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Zimbabwe: Chivayo Backtracks On $3.6m Parliament Pledge `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Malawi: Fuel Crisis Turns Critical - Malawi Runs Dry As Government Admits Empty… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Zimbabwe: Government Urges Nurses to End Strike As Talks Begin `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 21, 2026 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Zimbabwe: Over 5,000 People Affected By Human Rights Violations in March As Rep… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: Nigeria-South Africa Navies Deepen Ties On Maritime Security `div.cell > ul > li > a`
South Africa: Fed-Up Residents Grab Brooms and Shovels to Fix Their Town `div.cell > ul > li > a`
South Africa: Study Finds More Than 40 Percent of Capetonians At Risk From High… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
South Africa: Final Testimony Set for Lusikisiki Trial Within a Trial - South A… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: Govt Charges Retired General, Others Over Alleged Failed Coup `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: Govt Charges Retired General, Others Over Alleged Failed Coup `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Senegal: Senegal's Macky Sall in UN Leadership Race Faces Rare Public Questioni… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 21, 2026 `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: Foundation Honours Nigerian Geneticist for Sickle Cell Research `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: No, Nigerian Army Did Not 'Recently' Arrest 488 Boko Haram Members in … `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Africa: Experts Seek Improvement On Childhood Cancer Survival Rate in Africa `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: Nigeria-South Africa Navies Deepen Ties On Maritime Security `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Nigeria: It's Unfair for Atiku to Call Jonathan an Inexperienced Leader - Onues… `div.cell > ul > li > a`
Liberia: Rep. Yekeh Kolubah Challenges House Action in Court `div.cell > ul > li > a`

One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html `html`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

User Experience

Image display dimensions should match natural aspect ratio. Learn more about image aspect ratio.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Aspect Ratio (Displayed)	Aspect Ratio (Actual)
Follow AllAfrica on Google News `ul > li > a.tracked > img`	cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/connect/icon-google-newsstand.png	27 x 27 (1.00)	39 x 32 (1.22)

Browser Compatibility

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●No browser errors logged to the console

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

Crawling and Indexing

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER `div.rss-and-site-links > ul.site-links > li > a.newsletter-signup-trigger`

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Content Best Practices

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive `div.col-tn-12 > div.ad-container > a > img.img-responsive`

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●robots.txt is valid

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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What fixing these means

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Investment

Monthly returns

Regulatory risk avoided

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Contrast

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Names and labels

Best practices

Best Practices

User Experience

Browser Compatibility

SEO

Crawling and Indexing

Content Best Practices

Lighthouse Scores

Core Web Vitals

Detailed Report

Performance

Insights

Diagnostics

Accessibility

Names and labels

Contrast

Navigation

Best practices

Best Practices

User Experience

Browser Compatibility

SEO

Crawling and Indexing

Content Best Practices

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