The African continent is home to several unique surface anomalies, such as the East African Rift System (EARS), the Afar Depression, and significant topography in the southern part of the continent that cannot be explained by plate tectonics alone (Fishwick & Bastow, 2011). At the same time, the seismic structure, which may help to explain some of these distinctive features, has been challenging to assess mainly due to the relatively sparse station coverage (International Seismological Centre, 2023). This situation has been substantially improved by the AfricaArray (Nyblade et al., 2011) and our study benefits from it greatly.In addition to a relative lack of stations in Africa compared to other continents, earthquakes providing a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio for waveform tomography (with magnitudes of around five and more) are uncommon here. These factors make it challenging to perform high-quality seismic tomography that might shed light on the origins of Africa's unique tectonic features. During the past two decades, there have been a number of large-scale surface wave studies (e.g.,