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Report Summary

  • 27

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    46% of other websites

  • 77

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 44% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 82

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    44% of websites

techgistafrica.com

Techgist Africa | Africa Leading Tech News, Reviews and Tips

Page Load Speed

3.9 sec in total

First Response

895 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

678 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Techgistafrica.com page load time and found that the first response time was 895 ms and then it took 3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

techgistafrica.com performance score

27

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

60/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.2 s

59/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,040 ms

25/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.835

4/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.5 s

71/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

techgistafrica.com

895 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

25 ms

style.min.css

47 ms

classic-themes.min.css

67 ms

js_composer.min.css

118 ms

Our browser made a total of 96 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Techgistafrica.com and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (895 ms) belongs to the original domain Techgistafrica.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 516.6 kB (16%)

Content Size

3.3 MB

After Optimization

2.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Techgistafrica.com main page is 3.3 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 275.7 kB

  • Original 312.6 kB
  • After minification 273.2 kB
  • After compression 36.9 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 39.4 kB, which is 13% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 275.7 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 214.0 kB

  • Original 2.7 MB
  • After minification 2.5 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Techgist Africa images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-16%

Potential reduce by 26.2 kB

  • Original 164.6 kB
  • After minification 164.6 kB
  • After compression 138.4 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 26.2 kB or 16% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 699 B

  • Original 145.9 kB
  • After minification 145.6 kB
  • After compression 145.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Techgistafrica.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 60 (65%)

Requests Now

93

After Optimization

33

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 93 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Techgist Africa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 38 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 24 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

techgistafrica.com

techgistafrica.com

895 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

25 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

47 ms

classic-themes.min.css

classic-themes.min.css

67 ms

js_composer.min.css

js_composer.min.css

118 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

68 ms

jegicon.css

jegicon.css

67 ms

jquery.jscrollpane.css

jquery.jscrollpane.css

67 ms

okayNav.css

okayNav.css

70 ms

magnific-popup.css

magnific-popup.css

88 ms

chosen.css

chosen.css

89 ms

main.css

main.css

130 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

90 ms

pb-temp.css

pb-temp.css

91 ms

js-composer-frontend.css

js-composer-frontend.css

109 ms

style.css

style.css

110 ms

darkmode.css

darkmode.css

113 ms

plugin.css

plugin.css

113 ms

plugin.css

plugin.css

139 ms

plugin.css

plugin.css

140 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

159 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

145 ms

jnewsticker.css

jnewsticker.css

143 ms

tiny-slider.css

tiny-slider.css

144 ms

jnewsglobalslider.css

jnewsglobalslider.css

150 ms

jnewsslider.css

jnewsslider.css

152 ms

jnewshero.css

jnewshero.css

154 ms

jnewscarousel.css

jnewscarousel.css

420 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

448 ms

hoverIntent.min.js

hoverIntent.min.js

448 ms

imagesloaded.min.js

imagesloaded.min.js

449 ms

isotope.pkgd.min.js

isotope.pkgd.min.js

450 ms

lazysizes.js

lazysizes.js

450 ms

ls.bgset.js

ls.bgset.js

450 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

451 ms

theia-sticky-sidebar.js

theia-sticky-sidebar.js

450 ms

jquery.waypoints.js

jquery.waypoints.js

451 ms

jquery.scrollTo.js

jquery.scrollTo.js

434 ms

jquery.parallax.js

jquery.parallax.js

410 ms

jquery.okayNav.js

jquery.okayNav.js

394 ms

jquery.mousewheel.js

jquery.mousewheel.js

391 ms

modernizr-custom.js

modernizr-custom.js

392 ms

jquery.smartresize.js

jquery.smartresize.js

391 ms

chosen.jquery.js

chosen.jquery.js

391 ms

jquery.magnific-popup.js

jquery.magnific-popup.js

374 ms

jquery.jnewsgif.js

jquery.jnewsgif.js

371 ms

jquery.jsticky.js

jquery.jsticky.js

371 ms

jquery.transit.min.js

jquery.transit.min.js

370 ms

jquery.module.js

jquery.module.js

354 ms

main.js

main.js

354 ms

darkmode.js

darkmode.js

350 ms

plugin.js

plugin.js

348 ms

plugin.js

plugin.js

334 ms

plugin.js

plugin.js

326 ms

plugin.js

plugin.js

319 ms

js_composer_front.min.js

js_composer_front.min.js

320 ms

jnewsticker.js

jnewsticker.js

319 ms

tiny-slider.js

tiny-slider.js

319 ms

tiny-slider-noconflict.js

tiny-slider-noconflict.js

318 ms

jowlslider.js

jowlslider.js

313 ms

jnewsslider.js

jnewsslider.js

311 ms

jnewshero.js

jnewshero.js

310 ms

jnewscarousel.js

jnewscarousel.js

25 ms

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25 ms

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25 ms

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219 ms

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219 ms

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220 ms

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Field-a-Nigerian-healthtech-company-350x250.jpg

217 ms

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216 ms

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218 ms

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217 ms

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218 ms

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217 ms

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217 ms

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215 ms

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215 ms

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216 ms

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210 ms

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208 ms

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146 ms

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77 ms

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75 ms

Apple-iPhone15-120x86.jpg

Apple-iPhone15-120x86.jpg

76 ms

Kasha-Rwanda-120x86.jpg

Kasha-Rwanda-120x86.jpg

77 ms

Field-a-Nigerian-healthtech-company-120x86.jpg

Field-a-Nigerian-healthtech-company-120x86.jpg

77 ms

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77 ms

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78 ms

Accessibility Review

techgistafrica.com accessibility score

77

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

Names and labels

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.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Best Practices

techgistafrica.com best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

techgistafrica.com SEO score

82

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Page is blocked from indexing

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Techgistafrica.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Techgistafrica.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

techgistafrica.com

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Techgist Africa. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: