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Performance

· 26 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
98
GRADE
A+
FIX
0
REVIEW
2
PASS
21
INFO
3

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

Mobile Desktop
97
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
100
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
92
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
100
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

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

1.27 s

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

2.53 s

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

0 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.

1.27 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.

2.53 s

Page Load Progression

375 ms
750 ms
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Checks
26
21 PASS 2 REVIEW
B
JS Execution Cost
781ms total JS execution
REVIEW
781ms total JS execution
Warning::
https://blog.afro.co.ke/: 593ms CPU time
Info::
Unattributable: 188ms CPU time

Main Thread Breakdown

Other 43% Style & Layout 34% Rendering 14% Script Evaluation 6%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
https://blog.afro.co.ke/593ms15ms1ms1st
Unattributable188ms9ms0ms1st
B
HTTP Caching
public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
REVIEW
public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Info::
Cache-Control header is set
Got: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Info::
No ETag or Last-Modified header
Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.
Cache-Control

public, max-age=0, must-revalidate

DirectiveValueMeaning
public—Any cache may store this response
max-age0Cache for 0 seconds
must-revalidate—Must recheck with server after expiry
A+
Page Weight Budget
248 KB transferred, 21 requests
PASS
248 KB transferred, 21 requests
Info::
Page weighs 325 KB (248 KB transferred)
Info::
21 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 0.05 g CO2 per page load
248 KB / 2.4 MB budget
248 KB transferred
21 requests
0.05 g CO2 per page load
Images 161.7 KiB 65%
Fonts 57.2 KiB 23%
CSS 11.0 KiB 4%
HTML 7.4 KiB 3%
JavaScript 6.7 KiB 3%
Other 2.9 KiB 1%
Other 1.1 KiB 0%
Other 380 B 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Under budget
A+
Third-Party Impact
1% third-party, 0 ms blocking
PASS
1% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Info::
Third-party code accounts for 1% of page weight (3.7 KiB of 248.4 KiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
99%
First-party Third-party
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A+
Image Optimization
9 images, 0 KB saveable
PASS
9 images, 0 KB saveable
Info::
All images are well-optimized
9 images 162 KB
0 oversized -0 KB
0 legacy format
0 missing dimensions CLS risk
A+
Font Loading
3 fonts (57 KB)
PASS
3 fonts (57 KB)
Info::
3 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

Web fonts

3

57 KB total

Render-blocking

0

of 3

Dominant font-display

swap

Most common across fonts

Font loading timeline
Transfer FOIT (block) FOUT (swap)
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 s 1.5 s 2.0 s 2.5 s FCP 1.3 s LCP 2.5 shttps://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-400-normal.woff2inter-latin-400-normal.... https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-400-normal.woff2 — 24.0 KiB — 29 ms — font-display: swaphttps://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/cookie-latin-400-normal.woff2cookie-latin-400-normal... https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/cookie-latin-400-normal.woff2 — 15.0 KiB — 191 ms — font-display: swaphttps://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-700-normal.woff2inter-latin-700-normal.... https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-700-normal.woff2 — 18.2 KiB — 31 ms — font-display: swap
inter-latin-400-normal.... woff2 swap
Size 24 KB
Load time 29 ms
Start 114 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
cookie-latin-400-normal... woff2 swap
Size 15 KB
Load time 191 ms
Start 115 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
inter-latin-700-normal.... woff2 swap
Size 18 KB
Load time 31 ms
Start 115 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
Optimization checklist
  • Preload critical fonts (priority=high)
  • Use woff2 format for all fonts
  • Set font-display to swap, optional, or fallback
  • Subset large fonts (≤100 KB each)
A+
JS Bundles
4 scripts, 0 KB unused
PASS
4 scripts, 0 KB unused
0 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://blog.afro.co.ke/js/theme.7db1c91609389fac7f75370031b99c095b6085722d1edce631d74be182a92341.js2 KB—✓1st
https://blog.afro.co.ke/js/main.48cb69ff329aa4fa1e8ee43c0124eb795a53cab30ffe68f2b22fff21d74c5c35.js2 KB—✓1st
https://gc.zgo.at/count.js3 KB—✓3rd
https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v833ccba57c9e4d2798f2e76cebdd09a117781722764470 KB—✓3rd
A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
No optimization needed
PASS
No optimization needed
Info::
No resource hint issues
A+
HTTP/3 (QUIC)
HTTP/3 advertised via Alt-Svc
PASS
HTTP/3 advertised via Alt-Svc
Info::
HTTP/3 (QUIC) is supported
First-load mobile users on cellular networks see meaningful latency improvements with HTTP/3. The QUIC transport collapses TLS + TCP handshakes into one and recovers faster from packet loss.
A+
Compression Algorithm
Main response uses brotli
PASS
Main response uses brotli
Info::
Main HTML response uses brotli (Content-Encoding: br)
Brotli is the best text-compression algorithm for general use, ~20% smaller than gzip on average (40% on smaller files). Modern browsers all support it.
A+
LCP Image Preload
LCP preload audit not available
PASS
LCP preload audit not available
Info::
LCP image preload audit not available for this scan
A+
Main HTML Cache-Control
Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate
PASS
Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate
Info::
Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate
Got: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
A+
Server-Timing Observability
3 Server-Timing entries advertised
PASS
3 Server-Timing entries advertised
Info::
Server-Timing header advertises 3 timing entries
A
Server Response Intelligence
2 server-response signal(s) detected
PASS
2 server-response signal(s) detected
Warning::
Compressed response missing `Vary` header
The page is served with `Content-Encoding: br` but has no `Vary` header. Without `Vary: Accept-Encoding`, intermediary caches (corporate proxies, ISP caches) may serve the compressed variant to clients that didn't send the matching `Accept-Encoding` -- the client sees garbled bytes. Add `Vary: Accept-Encoding` whenever the response is conditionally compressed.
Info::
No `ETag` or `Last-Modified` -- conditional GET not supported
Without either header, browsers can't issue conditional GETs and refresh always re-downloads the full response body even when nothing changed. Add `ETag: "<hash>"` (or `Last-Modified: <date>`) on cacheable responses; the server returns 304 Not Modified when the client's cached copy is still valid, saving bandwidth.
A+
Page Weight Inventory
21 resources · 248 KB · 0 KB savings available
PASS
21 resources · 248 KB · 0 KB savings available
Info::
Within 1MB page-weight target
Got: 248 KB
Info::
3 third-party resources (1% of weight)
21 resources · 248.4 KiB · 3 third-party Within 1MB page-weight target
Image 66% · 165.0 KiB
Font 23% · 57.2 KiB
CSS 4% · 11.0 KiB
Document 3% · 7.4 KiB
JavaScript 3% · 6.7 KiB
Other 0% · 1.1 KiB
A+
Render-Blocking Resources
No render-blocking resources detected
PASS
No render-blocking resources detected
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected in <head>
A+
Third-Party Resources
No third-party resources detected
PASS
No third-party resources detected
A
JavaScript Blocking
1 JS blocking issue(s) detected
PASS
1 JS blocking issue(s) detected
Warning::
1 render-blocking <script src> tag(s) without async/defer
Each `<script src=...>` without `async`, `defer`, or `type="module"` blocks HTML parsing while the browser fetches and executes it. The block lasts the entire round-trip + execution time -- on slow networks this translates directly into LCP delay. Add `defer` (executes after parse, in source order) for scripts that interact with the DOM, or `async` (executes whenever ready) for analytics / independent scripts. Module scripts (`type="module"`) are deferred by default.
A+
CSS Performance Depth
No CSS performance depth issues detected
PASS
No CSS performance depth issues detected
Info::
No CSS performance depth issues detected
A+
Green Hosting
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
PASS

Green Hosting

This site is hosted on green energy infrastructure

Provider: Cloudflare

Network Waterfall
21 requests over 653ms
INFO
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 s 1.5 s 2.0 s 2.5 s FCP 1.3 s LCP 2.5 shttps://blog.afro.co.ke// https://blog.afro.co.ke/ — 200 — 7.4 KiB — 28 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/js/theme.7db1c91609389fac7f75370031b99c095b6085722d1edce631d74be182a92341.js/js/theme.7db1c91609389fac7f7537003... https://blog.afro.co.ke/js/theme.7db1c91609389fac7f75370031b99c095b6085722d1edce631d74be182a92341.js — 200 — 1.6 KiB — 185 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/main.b7671beac3a81e5447906e60b8ae1e3d60a303775feea4ab9089df9dd34a247c.146084cb189fd0f3f37b6058495b9db42da9ebf9d38577c21049a7979984dc93.css/main.b7671beac3a81e5447906e60b8ae1... https://blog.afro.co.ke/main.b7671beac3a81e5447906e60b8ae1e3d60a303775feea4ab9089df9dd34a247c.146084cb189fd0f3f37b6058495b9db42da9ebf9d38577c21049a7979984dc93.css — 200 — 11.0 KiB — 24 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/county-revenue-collection-most-improved/cover_hu_4536c0beb13a2d08.webp/county-revenue-collection-most-imp... https://blog.afro.co.ke/county-revenue-collection-most-improved/cover_hu_4536c0beb13a2d08.webp — 200 — 25.3 KiB — 188 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/citizens-rights-duties/cover_hu_80c8e973807ffb55.webp/citizens-rights-duties/cover_hu_80... https://blog.afro.co.ke/citizens-rights-duties/cover_hu_80c8e973807ffb55.webp — 200 — 19.8 KiB — 205 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/js/main.48cb69ff329aa4fa1e8ee43c0124eb795a53cab30ffe68f2b22fff21d74c5c35.js/js/main.48cb69ff329aa4fa1e8ee43c01... https://blog.afro.co.ke/js/main.48cb69ff329aa4fa1e8ee43c0124eb795a53cab30ffe68f2b22fff21d74c5c35.js — 200 — 1.8 KiB — 31 ms — h3https://gc.zgo.at/count.jsgc.zgo.at/count.js https://gc.zgo.at/count.js — 200 — 3.3 KiB — 29 ms — h2https://blog.afro.co.ke/icons/site.webmanifest/icons/site.webmanifest https://blog.afro.co.ke/icons/site.webmanifest — 200 — 1.1 KiB — 214 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/images/avatar_hu_98c3b2022a53045b.webp/images/avatar_hu_98c3b2022a53045b.... https://blog.afro.co.ke/images/avatar_hu_98c3b2022a53045b.webp — 200 — 1.3 KiB — 180 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/free-fair-elections/cover_hu_3221bc1097c99105.webp/free-fair-elections/cover_hu_3221b... https://blog.afro.co.ke/free-fair-elections/cover_hu_3221bc1097c99105.webp — 200 — 18.4 KiB — 184 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/consolidated-fund-services/cover_hu_d3249e587ecd7689.webp/consolidated-fund-services/cover_h... https://blog.afro.co.ke/consolidated-fund-services/cover_hu_d3249e587ecd7689.webp — 200 — 18.1 KiB — 186 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/role-of-political-parties/cover_hu_d552b0a6f314d4b.webp/role-of-political-parties/cover_hu... https://blog.afro.co.ke/role-of-political-parties/cover_hu_d552b0a6f314d4b.webp — 200 — 16.3 KiB — 205 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/national-assembly-vs-senate/cover_hu_e2a0797685312039.webp/national-assembly-vs-senate/cover_... https://blog.afro.co.ke/national-assembly-vs-senate/cover_hu_e2a0797685312039.webp — 200 — 22.4 KiB — 215 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/attorney-general-salary/cover_hu_cc3e1da0b802c102.webp/attorney-general-salary/cover_hu_c... https://blog.afro.co.ke/attorney-general-salary/cover_hu_cc3e1da0b802c102.webp — 200 — 18.4 KiB — 202 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/prime-cabinet-secretary-salary/cover_hu_de683e8e93b0ea7c.webp/prime-cabinet-secretary-salary/cov... https://blog.afro.co.ke/prime-cabinet-secretary-salary/cover_hu_de683e8e93b0ea7c.webp — 200 — 21.7 KiB — 209 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-400-normal.woff2/fonts/inter-latin-400-normal.woff2 https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-400-normal.woff2 — 200 — 24.0 KiB — 29 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/cookie-latin-400-normal.woff2/fonts/cookie-latin-400-normal.woff... https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/cookie-latin-400-normal.woff2 — 200 — 15.0 KiB — 191 ms — h3https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-700-normal.woff2/fonts/inter-latin-700-normal.woff2 https://blog.afro.co.ke/fonts/inter-latin-700-normal.woff2 — 200 — 18.2 KiB — 31 ms — h3https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v833ccba57c9e4d2798f2e76cebdd09a11778172276447static.cloudflareinsights.com/beaco... https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v833ccba57c9e4d2798f2e76cebdd09a11778172276447 — -1 — 0 B — 0 ms — https://afrocave.goatcounter.com/count?p=%2F&t=AfroCave%20-%20Homepage&s=412&b=0&rnd=pgjnlafrocave.goatcounter.com/count?p=%2... https://afrocave.goatcounter.com/count?p=%2F&t=AfroCave%20-%20Homepage&s=412&b=0&rnd=pgjnl — 200 — 380 B — 522 ms — h2https://blog.afro.co.ke/icons/favicon.ico/icons/favicon.ico https://blog.afro.co.ke/icons/favicon.ico — 200 — 2.9 KiB — 184 ms — h3
HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Real-User Performance (CrUX)
Field metrics from the Chrome User Experience Report
INFO

Chrome User Experience (CrUX)

Real-user metrics from the Chrome UX Report (2026-04-17 — 2026-05-14)

LCP (p75)

1435 ms

90% good

INP (p75)

78 ms

95% good

CLS (p75)

0.000

99% good

FCP (p75)

1419 ms

TTFB (p75)

844 ms

This origin passes Core Web Vitals assessment
Image Optimization
28 images, 159 KB total, 0 KB wasted
INFO

Image Optimization Audit

Total Images

28

Total Size

159 KB

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