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Who is Afrihost?
Afrihost is a South African internet and telecommunications service provider offering consumer and business connectivity, hosting, and related digital services.
- Fixed broadband access services, including fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-business (connectivity)
- Mobile data and voice offerings via partnerships with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) (mobile connectivity)
- Web and application hosting, domains, and related value-added services (hosting and infrastructure)
- Business connectivity solutions, including enterprise fibre and related support (business internet services)
- Customer self-service management tools for accounts, usage, and support (service management)
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Afrihost operates as an internet service provider (ISP) and telecommunications services company headquartered in South Africa, supplying broadband, mobile, and hosting services to both residential and business customers. For enterprise and institutional environments, Afrihost positions its offerings around reliable last-mile connectivity, IP-based network services, and managed access to national backbone infrastructure through wholesale network partnerships.
In fixed connectivity, Afrihost provides fibre-based broadband services (networking) over multiple open-access fibre network operators. For enterprise use cases, these services are applicable for branch and campus connectivity, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) overlays managed by customers or third-party integrators, and support of cloud workloads via stable internet links. Services are delivered using standard IP networking protocols such as IPv4 and IPv6, and typically terminate on Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) compatible with Ethernet-based Local Area Network (LAN) environments.
Afrihost also offers mobile data and voice services (mobile connectivity) in cooperation with established MNOs in South Africa. For organizations, these services can supplement fixed connectivity for remote staff, failover connectivity, or field operations, using standard 3G/4G/LTE access technologies and SIM-based provisioning. Enterprises can integrate these mobile services into existing network access and security architectures, for example by routing traffic through VPN gateways or secure web gateways managed by internal IT teams.
On the hosting side, Afrihost provides shared hosting, virtual private server offerings, and domain registration (hosting and infrastructure). These services are useful for small to mid-sized enterprises that require externally hosted websites, basic web applications, or test and development environments. Hosting environments typically rely on widely used web technologies such as HTTP/HTTPS, Domain Name System (DNS), standard email protocols, and common web stacks supported through control panels and management consoles.
Afrihost’s business connectivity services (business internet services) include fibre solutions tailored to organizational requirements, often with business-focused support and service level expectations that differ from residential offerings. Enterprises may use these links as primary or backup circuits, integrate them into multi-homed internet edge designs, and apply their own routing, firewalling, and Quality of Service (QoS) policies on top of Afrihost-provided access.
Afrihost provides online self-service tools (service management) for account administration, monitoring of data usage, package changes, and support requests. These tools support IT teams in managing multiple lines or services, consolidating billing, and tracking service status without relying solely on manual support channels. In an enterprise IT directory or marketplace taxonomy, Afrihost can be classified primarily under Internet Service Providers (ISP) and network connectivity providers, with secondary categorization in hosting and domain services, and mobile connectivity aggregation.
Our description of Afrihost. Updated December 2025.
