HostAfrica
HostAfrica is a web hosting provider based in Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 2016. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 84/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
HOSTAFRICA was founded in 2016 by Michael Osterloh and two experienced hosting entrepreneurs from Europe. The company is dedicated to creating digital opportunities for entrepreneurs, developers and businesses across Africa. Since its launch, HOSTAFRICA has grown into one of Africa’s leading digital infrastructure providers, supporting more than 100,000 customers with website hosting, ecommerce hosting, domains, virtual private servers and modern application infrastructure. Its expansion into Nigeria in 2021, Kenya in 2022 and Tanzania in 2026 reflects its commitment to building a strong, locally supported presence across the continent. HOSTAFRICA is also at the forefront of practical AI adoption in Africa, using AI across its products, customer experience and internal operations. Its AI offering includes an AI Website Builder that allows businesses to create professional websites from simple prompts, Africa’s first NVIDIA RTX PRO GPU servers for demanding AI workloads, self-hosted automation solutions and a local platform for deploying AI-assisted applications directly from GitHub. The company also launched Africa’s first hosting MCP server, allowing developers to deploy and manage HOSTAFRICA VPS infrastructure directly from AI platforms such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Through natural-language instructions, users can manage servers, backups, firewall rules, scheduled actions and monitoring without navigating a traditional control panel. By combining locally hosted infrastructure, AI-powered tools and responsive local teams, HOSTAFRICA is helping African businesses adopt the next generation of digital technology while keeping their services and data closer to home
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HostAfrica Deals
10% OFF Web Hosting — Every Plan, Every Time
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50% OFF Annual Web Hosting
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15% OFF Annual Site Builder Plans
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What HostAfrica Discloses
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25 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Founded
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About HostAfrica
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What HostAfrica Will Cost You
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HostAfrica holds 11U across 2 racks. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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Where HostAfrica Ranks
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Is HostAfrica a good web hosting company?
HostAfrica has a HRI™ of 84/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.6/5 from 218 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 80–89 indicates a strong, well-reviewed provider.
What type of hosting company is HostAfrica?
HostAfrica is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including HostAfrica.
Where is HostAfrica based?
HostAfrica is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. Hosting companies based in South Africa are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/south-africa.
How does HostAfrica compare to other web hosting companies?
HostAfrica can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. HostAfrica has a current HRI of 84/100.
Does HostAfrica offer a coupon code in September 2026?
Yes. HostAfrica's listed deal on HostList is 10% off (code ha102025). Terms, including whether it can be combined with other promotions, are set by HostAfrica. Compare it against other live hosting deals at hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons. HostList lists deals independently and is never paid for placement.
Who owns HostAfrica?
HostAfrica declared itself independently owned, reviewed with evidence by HostList.
- HostAfrica profile updated by the company
- HostAfrica verified 2 facts: Compliance certifications, Parent company or independence, evidence hostafrica.co.za
What's Happening at HostAfrica
HOSTAFRICA, a leading web-hosting company in Africa, is excited to announce the successful completion of the acquisition of GO54 (formerly known as WhoGoHost).
Domains (Renewal) .co.za, R99 .org, R275. Web Hosting. Starter, R99. Basic, R139. Power, R245. Business, R360. Email Hosting. Starter, R65.
HOSTAFRICA offers secure, affordable web hosting with a FREE co.za domain, FREE website migration & a 30-day money-back guarantee. Get started today!
How HostAfrica's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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