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Report Summary

  • 34

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    54% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

watuafrica.com

Watu Africa | Asset financing for two and three wheelers across Africa

Page Load Speed

6.5 sec in total

First Response

1.6 sec

Resources Loaded

3.7 sec

Page Rendered

1.2 sec

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Watuafrica.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1.6 sec and then it took 4.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

watuafrica.com performance score

34

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

76/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.9 s

22/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,010 ms

27/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.015

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.3 s

9/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

watuafrica.com

1605 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

104 ms

classic-themes.min.css

117 ms

style.min.css

127 ms

theme.min.css

125 ms

Our browser made a total of 96 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (91 requests) were addressed to the original Watuafrica.com, 2% (2 requests) were made to Connect.facebook.net and 2% (2 requests) were made to Facebook.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Watuafrica.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 246.6 kB (4%)

Content Size

5.5 MB

After Optimization

5.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Watuafrica.com main page is 5.5 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. 80% 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 5.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 158.9 kB

  • Original 198.8 kB
  • After minification 193.0 kB
  • After compression 39.9 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 158.9 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 80.4 kB

  • Original 5.0 MB
  • After minification 5.0 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. Watu Africa images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 1.3 kB

  • Original 176.0 kB
  • After minification 175.8 kB
  • After compression 174.7 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 6.0 kB

  • Original 90.9 kB
  • After minification 87.0 kB
  • After compression 85.0 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. Watuafrica.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 64 (74%)

Requests Now

87

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 87 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Watu 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 37 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 29 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

watuafrica.com

watuafrica.com

1605 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

104 ms

classic-themes.min.css

classic-themes.min.css

117 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

127 ms

theme.min.css

theme.min.css

125 ms

header-footer.min.css

header-footer.min.css

117 ms

frontend-lite.min.css

frontend-lite.min.css

117 ms

post-5.css

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198 ms

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211 ms

elementor-icons.min.css

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223 ms

swiper.min.css

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226 ms

frontend-lite.min.css

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384 ms

global.css

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238 ms

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307 ms

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312 ms

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317 ms

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320 ms

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353 ms

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406 ms

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403 ms

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417 ms

solid.min.css

solid.min.css

426 ms

brands.min.css

brands.min.css

452 ms

wpgmza_data.js

wpgmza_data.js

486 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

497 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

516 ms

ecs_ajax_pagination.js

ecs_ajax_pagination.js

520 ms

ecs.js

ecs.js

541 ms

js

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218 ms

widget-nav-menu.min.css

widget-nav-menu.min.css

593 ms

widget-call-to-action.min.css

widget-call-to-action.min.css

656 ms

widget-icon-box.min.css

widget-icon-box.min.css

654 ms

widget-carousel.min.css

widget-carousel.min.css

844 ms

widget-posts.min.css

widget-posts.min.css

657 ms

widget-icon-list.min.css

widget-icon-list.min.css

731 ms

post-3812.css

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732 ms

animations.min.css

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777 ms

hello-frontend.min.js

hello-frontend.min.js

775 ms

simplebar.js

simplebar.js

687 ms

asp-prereq.js

asp-prereq.js

678 ms

asp-core.js

asp-core.js

670 ms

asp-settings.js

asp-settings.js

952 ms

asp-results-vertical.js

asp-results-vertical.js

722 ms

asp-live.js

asp-live.js

717 ms

asp-autocomplete.js

asp-autocomplete.js

735 ms

asp-load.js

asp-load.js

709 ms

asp-wrapper.js

asp-wrapper.js

741 ms

asp-addons-elementor.js

asp-addons-elementor.js

737 ms

jquery.smartmenus.min.js

jquery.smartmenus.min.js

725 ms

imagesloaded.min.js

imagesloaded.min.js

681 ms

jquery-numerator.min.js

jquery-numerator.min.js

668 ms

webpack.runtime.min.js

webpack.runtime.min.js

960 ms

frontend-modules.min.js

frontend-modules.min.js

729 ms

waypoints.min.js

waypoints.min.js

704 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

694 ms

frontend.min.js

frontend.min.js

680 ms

ecspro.js

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736 ms

webpack-pro.runtime.min.js

webpack-pro.runtime.min.js

976 ms

regenerator-runtime.min.js

regenerator-runtime.min.js

808 ms

wp-polyfill.min.js

wp-polyfill.min.js

709 ms

hooks.min.js

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695 ms

i18n.min.js

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731 ms

frontend.min.js

frontend.min.js

745 ms

elements-handlers.min.js

elements-handlers.min.js

758 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

117 ms

jquery.sticky.min.js

jquery.sticky.min.js

741 ms

Watu-Logo_Gradient.svg

Watu-Logo_Gradient.svg

681 ms

watu_seperator_2.svg

watu_seperator_2.svg

701 ms

world-map-04.png

world-map-04.png

724 ms

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649 ms

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1097 ms

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706 ms

Cera-Pro-Bold.woff

Cera-Pro-Bold.woff

785 ms

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Cera-Pro-Medium.woff

875 ms

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Cera-Pro-Regular.woff

739 ms

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739 ms

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fa-brands-400.woff

825 ms

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772 ms

IMG_20231109_125808_250-min-768x576.jpg

IMG_20231109_125808_250-min-768x576.jpg

819 ms

xfbml.customerchat.js

xfbml.customerchat.js

58 ms

Unveiling-the-Benefits-of-Car-Loan-Refinancing-with-Watu-Gari-768x428.png

Unveiling-the-Benefits-of-Car-Loan-Refinancing-with-Watu-Gari-768x428.png

777 ms

Cars-Under-1-Million-in-Kenya-min-768x599.png

Cars-Under-1-Million-in-Kenya-min-768x599.png

773 ms

Watu-Logo_Gradient_Vertical.svg

Watu-Logo_Gradient_Vertical.svg

758 ms

Car_white.svg

Car_white.svg

789 ms

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WATU-47-1_11zon-scaled.jpg

1083 ms

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819 ms

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842 ms

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828 ms

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806 ms

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831 ms

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845 ms

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844 ms

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854 ms

Circular.svg

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809 ms

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137 ms

Accessibility Review

watuafrica.com accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

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.

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

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

watuafrica.com best practices score

83

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

watuafrica.com SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Watuafrica.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 Watuafrica.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

watuafrica.com

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