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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202636 issues · 82 checks

This review found 36 issues worth fixing on mtn.co.rw, 16 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
4.8 s3.4 sMay 16Oct 313.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20264.3 s
May 23, 20264.4 s
May 30, 20264.4 s
Jun 6, 20264.5 s
Jun 13, 20264.7 s
Jun 20, 20264.6 s
Jun 27, 20264.4 s
Jul 4, 20264.1 s
Jul 11, 20263.7 s
Jul 18, 20263.6 s
Jul 25, 20263.6 s
Aug 1, 20263.7 s
Aug 8, 20263.7 s
Aug 15, 20263.7 s
Aug 22, 20263.8 s
Aug 29, 20263.8 s
Sep 5, 20263.9 s
Sep 12, 20263.9 s
Sep 19, 20264.0 s
Sep 26, 20263.9 s
Oct 3, 20263.9 s
Oct 10, 20264.0 s
Oct 17, 20264.1 s
Oct 24, 20263.7 s
Oct 31, 20263.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
264 ms183 msMay 16Oct 31209 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026194 ms
May 23, 2026198 ms
May 30, 2026197 ms
Jun 6, 2026200 ms
Jun 13, 2026201 ms
Jun 20, 2026199 ms
Jun 27, 2026197 ms
Jul 4, 2026193 ms
Jul 11, 2026193 ms
Jul 18, 2026192 ms
Jul 25, 2026193 ms
Aug 1, 2026195 ms
Aug 8, 2026200 ms
Aug 15, 2026207 ms
Aug 22, 2026216 ms
Aug 29, 2026218 ms
Sep 5, 2026217 ms
Sep 12, 2026216 ms
Sep 19, 2026211 ms
Sep 26, 2026216 ms
Oct 3, 2026228 ms
Oct 10, 2026239 ms
Oct 17, 2026255 ms
Oct 24, 2026214 ms
Oct 31, 2026209 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of mtn.co.rw (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. mtn.co.rw at 1.9 s1.9 s
  2. mtn.co.rw at 3.9 s3.9 s
  3. mtn.co.rw at 5.8 s5.8 s
  4. mtn.co.rw at 7.8 s7.8 s
  5. mtn.co.rw at 9.7 s9.7 s
  6. mtn.co.rw at 11.7 s11.7 s
  7. mtn.co.rw at 13.6 s13.6 s
  8. mtn.co.rw at 15.5 s15.5 s

Speed

8 to fix56
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    8.8 s · 2.2 MB

    15 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (2.2 MB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    10.3 s

    95 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 10.3 s.

  • Improve image delivery

    6.0 s · 1.7 MB

    8 images could be 1.7 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 6.0 s faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    1.9 s

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 1.9 s).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    750 ms · 295 KiB

    About 295 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 56

    56/100

    Your mobile performance score is 56. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    550 KiB

    About 550 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.

  • 1,530 HTML elements

    The page has 1,530 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Minify JavaScript

    125 KiB

    125 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 1 long task on the main thread

    1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 84 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 2 third-party services on the page

    2 third-party services load with your homepage (Cloudflare CDN and Google Fonts), adding 54 KiB and 4 ms of main-thread time.

  • Minify CSS

    6 KiB

    6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

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  • Main-thread work: 1.6 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 631 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 526 ms

    526 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 526 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix33
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Real-user LCP: 4.6 s

    4.6 s

    Real visitors wait 4.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 16.7 s

    16.7 s

    Your largest element takes 16.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “EXPLORE NOW”.

  • Speed Index: 16.7 s

    16.7 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 16.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 23.4 s

    23.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 23.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 5.6 s

    5.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 5.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user INP: 443 ms

    443 ms

    Real visitors wait 443 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user FCP: 3.0 s

    3.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 3.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 194 ms to 209 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 15% faster for real visitors

    -15%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 4.3 s to 3.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001

    0.001

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).

  • Total Blocking Time: 17 ms

    17 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 17 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

3 to fix45
  • Page weight: 5.1 MB in 167 requests

    5.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.1 MB in 167 requests on a phone: images 2.3 MB (14), scripts 2.0 MB (45) and stylesheets 501 KiB (100). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image over 500 KB

    deals-4x4-07-600x851.png weighs 781 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.

  • 6 images in older formats

    6 images (1.5 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.

  • About 1.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.43 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.43 g of CO₂e: 172.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

5 to fixGoogle 8893
  • Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)

    Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (6 elements)

    Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (21 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 21 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 1 form field without a label

    1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 1 link without text

    1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 12 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 5 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

5 to fixGoogle 10076
  • Title is short (21 characters)

    Your title is only 21 characters: “Personal - MTN Rwanda”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.

  • 6 H1 headlines

    There are 6 <h1> headlines (“Prestige”, “combo” and “Ni Dilu”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.

  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (Article, ImageObject, Organization and Person) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: logo is not an absolute URL ("https://www.mtn.co.rw/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/new-mtn-logo-2.jpg")”.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://www.mtn.co.rw/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • No robots.txt

    There is no robots.txt at mtn.co.rw/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.

  • 106 internal links, 7 external

    The homepage links to 106 pages on mtn.co.rw and 7 external pages.

3 checks passed
  • Meta description: 79 characters

    Your meta description is 79 characters: “Do more with MoMo by dialing *182# and enjoy transacting up to 10M RWF per day.”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.mtn.co.rw/.

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)

    Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://www.mtn.co.rw/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

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  • AI answer engines may read the site

    There is no robots.txt, so nothing stops the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity from reading the site and cite it in answers.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (703 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 11 pages without an H1

    https://www.mtn.co.rw/momo, https://www.mtn.co.rw/new-voice-and-data, https://www.mtn.co.rw/deal, https://www.mtn.co.rw/how-it-works, https://www.mtn.co.rw/gwamon-2 and https://www.mtn.co.rw/voice-packs-2 and 5 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 4 pages slow to respond

    https://www.mtn.co.rw/play, https://www.mtn.co.rw/momo, https://www.mtn.co.rw/about and https://www.mtn.co.rw/new-voice-and-data took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 48 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    17 of 21 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix38
  • No call to action on the first screen

    On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.

  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • Phone number is not tap-to-call

    Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.

  • No form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • No risk reducer

    No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.

  • About 364 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 364 words of visible text.

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  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “International Roaming Services Request” and “Contact Us”.

Privacy and tracking

  • 2 cookies set on arrival

    2

    Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • No consent tool detected

    No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.

  • 4 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 4 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • No known trackers before consent

    No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).

Security, domain, email and software versions

The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at mtn.co.rw, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Hosting
Rwandacell - MTN Rwandacell

Company

Founded
1998
Headquarters
Nyarutarama

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