Host Africa: Expands through local acquisitions

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• Host Africa boosts its footprint across Africa with acquisitions in Kenya and South Africa, reinforcing its presence and capacity for local hosting.
• The company launches an IT Partner Programmer aimed at MSPs, offering scalability and resilience amid challenges like power costs and infrastructure demands.

Host Africa acquisitions extend continental reach

Host Africa (Pty) Ltd, trading as HOSTAFRICA, continues to expand its footprint across Africa with a string of strategic acquisitions. In July 2025, the company confirmed its acquisition of Kenya’s EAC Directory, effective from December 2022, signalling a new East African presence.

Earlier, Host Africa acquired DigiServ Technologies CC in September 2022, with MD Rudi Burger joining the team, alongside his clients and industry expertise. These expansion efforts reflect the company’s mission of uniting a fragmented hosting market and elevating local standards.

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Host Africa innovates with partner programmer amid sector challenges

Host Africa launched an IT Partner Programmer in May 2024 for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), enabling access to robust virtual machines, dedicated servers, and colo services. The programme promises fast deployment, load‑shedding resilience, reduced hardware costs, scalable infrastructure, and premium support. Michael Osterloh praised the initiative: “This programmer allows us to partner up with MSPs… bolstering their business and ours”.

This innovation comes as the South African hosting industry grapples with severe challenges—particularly power costs, which remain a central concern for 24/7 operations.

Host Africa’s capabilities and offering

Founded in 2008, Host Africa offers a breadth of services including shared hosting, LiteSpeed, WordPress, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud services, domain registration, reselling programmes, and email hosting, backed by local Tier‑3 data centre infrastructure and 99.9 percent uptime guarantees. Its local operation ensures low latency, compliance with African regulations, and responsive customer support.

By combining acquisitions, partner programmes, and robust local infrastructure, Host Africa is positioned to meet demand from African businesses seeking reliable, compliant, and efficient hosting. In a market challenged by power insecurity and rising costs, its strategic moves indicate a forward-thinking drive toward resilience and regional leadership.