Web Hosting for Businesses in Kenya and Across Africa

Hosting you can pay for, that loads fast for your customers and stays in your name. We help you choose it, set it up and keep it running.

Your hosting decides how fast your website loads, whether your business email reaches the inbox and what you pay at every renewal. Pick the wrong plan and you usually find out later, when the site goes down or a card fails.

Digital 4 Africa helps businesses, NGOs and developers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and South Sudan choose the right web hosting, move to it without downtime and keep it maintained.

We compare Hostinger, local hosts that bill in your currency and cloud platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, then recommend the one that fits how you pay, where your customers are and what your site needs to do. Running apps or automation around the clock? See our VPS hosting. Still choosing a name? Start with domain registration.

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What Is Web Hosting?

The service that stores your website and keeps it online around the clock

Web hosting is the service that stores your website’s files and database on a server connected to the internet, and delivers them to anyone who visits your address. Most hosting plans also carry your business email.

Three parts work together. Your domain is the address, such as yourbusiness.co.ke. Your hosting is where the website lives. DNS records connect the two and tell the internet where your website and email sit. You can buy each from a different provider.

You rent hosting by the month or the year, and it stops when the payments stop. That is why the renewal price, the payment method and who holds the login matter as much as the features.

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Start with what your site does, where your visitors are and how you pay. The right plan follows from those three answers.

How to Choose Web Hosting

Choose it for speed, backups and support, not just the first-year price

Most company websites, WordPress sites and small online shops start on shared or WordPress hosting, and many never need more. The plan name matters less than a handful of practical checks.

Before you buy, confirm where the servers are, whether daily backups and free SSL are included, what the plan renews at after the first term, whether business email is included and who you call when something breaks.

One rule we never break. The hosting account is opened in your name or your company’s name, with login details you control. Not ours, and not your developer’s.

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Use these tips when buying web hosting

Compare the renewal price and the currency, not the promotional rate

Pick a payment method that will still work at every renewal

Host close to your visitors, or put a content delivery network in front

Confirm daily backups that you can restore yourself

Check that free SSL is included and renews on its own

Ask how support works, and in which time zone

Open the account in your own name, with two-factor login

Which Type of Web Hosting Do You Need?

Shared, WordPress, cloud or a website builder? It depends on your traffic and who will maintain the site.

The type of hosting decides how much power you get, who maintains the server and what it costs over time. Here is how the main options compare. Last checked: September 2026.

Our default advice

A company website or blog: start on shared or WordPress hosting. A busy online shop: choose cloud hosting or managed WordPress. Custom apps, automation or AI agents running around the clock: move to a VPS. Corporate or regulated workloads: talk to us about AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Type	Best for	Who looks after it	Watch out for
Shared hosting	Company websites, blogs, portfolios and brochure sites with modest traffic.	The host runs the server. You or your developer look after the website.	Your site shares resources with others, and promotional prices renew higher.
WordPress hosting	WordPress sites that need caching, staging and one-click installs.	The host tunes the server for WordPress. Managed plans also update core and plugins.	Some managed plans block certain plugins, and prices per site are higher.
Cloud hosting	Busy sites and online stores that need more resources and isolation.	The host manages the platform. You get more power without running a server.	Costs more than shared, and resource limits still apply.
Website builders Wix, Squarespace, Shopify	Simple sites and shops built without code.	The platform runs everything, including the hosting.	Your site is tied to the platform, so leaving later means a rebuild.
VPS hosting	Apps, automation tools, trading platforms and heavy sites.	You or a managed partner patch, secure and monitor the server.	Someone has to manage it. See our VPS hosting page.

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Web Hosting Services

Setup, migration, maintenance and rescue, whoever hosts you

Free Quick Setup

Domain connected, SSL active, WordPress installed and mailboxes working on your phone and laptop. Tasks that take minutes are free for our hosting clients, whichever provider you choose.

Website and Email Migration

Websites, databases and mailboxes moved and tested, with the DNS switch timed to avoid downtime. We cover the custom sites that free migration tools skip.

Managed WordPress and Maintenance

Core, theme and plugin updates, off-site backups, security scans, uptime alerts and fixes when something stops working.

Hosting Rescue and Handover

Locked out of your hosting, or is it held by a former developer? We help you recover access and move everything into accounts you control.

Every paid service is quoted after a free consultation, once we have seen your site and your current setup. Need a server instead? See VPS hosting. Need mailboxes on your own domain? See business email.

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Compare Web Hosting Providers

Hostinger, local hosts and cloud platforms each win in different situations

We compare providers on how you pay, where the servers are, who supports you and what it costs over time. Prices and features change, so confirm the details at checkout. Last checked: September 2026.

How do you know you have a good host?

A good host shows it in the small things. Your site loads fast, stays up and support answers within minutes rather than days. Backups run daily, and you can restore one yourself. You get an SSL certificate, a staging site and a control panel you actually understand. Billing is clear, with no surprise renewal jumps, and you get reminders before anything expires.

Provider type	Best for	Billing and payment	Servers in or near Africa	Support
Hostinger	Small businesses, NGOs and WordPress sites on a budget.	US dollars on the global site, by card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay or crypto. Naira on the Nigeria site, with Visa, Mastercard or OPay.	No data centres in Africa. A content delivery location in Johannesburg.	Online support around the clock
Local hosts	Mobile money payers, country domains and anyone who wants support in their own time zone.	Local currency. Many accept M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money or other mobile money.	Some run servers in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Kigali or Johannesburg. Many host abroad. Ask before you buy.	Local business hours, often by phone or WhatsApp
Global hosts SiteGround, Bluehost, Namecheap	Businesses that pay by card and want a large, established provider.	US dollars or euros, by card or PayPal.	Mostly Europe, the US and Asia. Check the location list first.	Chat and tickets, around the clock
Developer clouds DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Contabo, Vultr	Developers who want low cost per unit of processing power and memory.	Usually US dollars or euros, by card.	Varies by provider. Check server locations first.	Mostly tickets and documentation
Hyperscale cloud AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud	Corporates, regulated data and apps that must scale.	Usage-based billing in US dollars, with enterprise invoicing.	AWS has a Cape Town region and a Lagos Local Zone. Microsoft runs Azure data centres in South Africa, and Google Cloud has a Johannesburg region.	Paid support plans and certified partners

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Where to Buy Web Hosting

Your host decides your renewal price, your server location and who answers when something breaks

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Buying Web Hosting with Hostinger

Hostinger is our first pick for most small businesses, NGOs and WordPress sites that can pay in US dollars. The hPanel dashboard is easy to learn, so beginners are not left guessing. Plans include free SSL and backups, some annual plans include a free domain for the first year, and support runs around the clock. It is also good value when you outgrow shared hosting, with cloud and VPS plans in the same account.

Two caveats. Hostinger has no data centres in Africa at the time of writing. Its web and cloud plans run from Europe, Asia, the United States and Brazil, with a content delivery location in Johannesburg. And the low prices apply to the first term only, so check the renewal rate before you commit.

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Local Web Hosting Across Africa

Local hosts bill in your currency, usually accept mobile money and answer during your working day. Several run servers in the country. Here are the names that come up most in each market we serve, with indicative prices for entry-level shared hosting. Last checked: September 2026.

We have no commercial relationship with these hosts, and naming them is not an endorsement. Prices change often, so confirm the first-year and renewal price at checkout.

Web Hosting in Kenya

Local hosts: Truehost, HostPinnacle, HOSTAFRICA (which also owns Sasahost) and Safaricom.

Indicative price: about KES 2,500 to KES 7,500 a year for an entry shared plan. Some plans renew at double the first-year price.

Paying: M-Pesa is standard at local hosts. Hostinger’s global site bills in US dollars by card or PayPal.

Servers: Truehost says it runs servers in Nairobi. Many other Kenyan hosts use servers in Europe or the US.

How we help: we compare local and global options, set up hosting and email, and support you from Nairobi.

Web Hosting in Uganda

Local hosts: Webstar Uganda, Crystal Webhosting and Webhosting256.

Indicative price: about UGX 50,000 to UGX 150,000 a year for an entry shared plan.

Paying: several local hosts bill in shillings and accept mobile money. Confirm before you buy, or plan for card payments.

Servers: many Ugandan hosts run their servers in Europe or the US, so ask where your site will sit.

How we help: we compare the options, set up hosting and email, and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in Tanzania

Local hosts: Sakurahost, Dudumizi (DUHosting), WazoHost and Sunrise Communications.

Indicative price: about TZS 50,000 to TZS 80,000 a year for an entry shared plan.

Paying: some local hosts bill in shillings and accept M-Pesa, Airtel Money and Mixx by Yas.

Servers: Sakurahost says its main data centre is in Dar es Salaam. Others host abroad.

How we help: we help you choose, set up hosting and email in your name and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in Rwanda

Local hosts: AOS, which runs Rwanda’s National Data Centre in Kigali, and Esicia.

Indicative price: AOS advertises web and email hosting from about RWF 12,000 a year on promotion. Regional hosts billing in US dollars start at around USD 18 to USD 30 a year.

Paying: MTN MoMo and Airtel Money are the norm locally. Global hosts bill in US dollars by card.

Servers: hosting in Kigali cuts delay for Rwandan visitors, which matters for heavier sites.

How we help: we compare local and regional options, set everything up and support you remotely from Nairobi.

Web Hosting in Burundi

Local hosts: Afriregister, an ICANN-accredited registrar and host based in Bujumbura, and CBINET.

Indicative price: local hosts rarely publish full price lists. Expect to request a quote, often in US dollars.

Paying: card payments to global hosts can be difficult. We plan around a method you can use at every renewal.

Servers: many Burundian sites are hosted outside the country, so check where yours will sit.

How we help: we advise on local versus regional hosting, set it up and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in Ethiopia

Local hosts: Ethio Telecom, Yegara and HahuCloud.

Indicative price: about ETB 3,000 to ETB 7,500 a year for an entry shared plan.

Paying: local hosts bill in birr and accept Ethiopian bank or local payment options, which avoids the foreign currency problem.

Servers: some Ethiopian hosts run their shared plans from data centres abroad, such as the UK. Ask before you buy.

How we help: we recommend hosting you can actually pay for, set it up and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in Nigeria

Local hosts: GO54 (formerly WhoGoHost, now part of HOSTAFRICA), DomainKing, QServers, GigaLayer and Web4Africa.

Indicative price: about NGN 6,500 to NGN 30,000 a year for an entry shared plan.

Paying: local hosts bill in naira. Hostinger’s Nigeria site also bills in naira and accepts Visa, Mastercard and OPay.

Servers: some Nigerian hosts run servers in Lagos, and AWS has a Local Zone there for larger workloads.

How we help: we recommend naira-billed hosting where it fits, set it up and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in Ghana

Local hosts: Luminweb, Aveshost and Web4Africa.

Indicative price: about GHS 60 to GHS 400 a year for an entry shared plan.

Paying: some local hosts accept MTN MoMo, Telecel Cash and AT Money. Global hosts bill in US dollars by card.

Servers: many Ghanaian hosts run on international infrastructure. Ask where your site will sit.

How we help: we compare local and global options, set up hosting and email, and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in South Africa

Local hosts: Afrihost, Xneelo, HOSTAFRICA, Domains.co.za and 1-grid.

Indicative price: about R50 to R110 a month for an entry shared plan, with cheaper promotions from time to time.

Paying: rand billing by card, EFT or debit order.

Servers: local hosts run servers in South Africa. AWS has a Cape Town region, Microsoft runs Azure data centres in the country and Google Cloud has a Johannesburg region.

How we help: we compare local and global hosts, set up hosting and email, and support you remotely.

Web Hosting in South Sudan

Local hosts: there are few local hosting companies. Most sites use hosts in Kenya or Uganda, such as Webstar, or global providers.

Indicative price: budget as you would for a Kenyan or Ugandan plan, usually billed in US dollars.

Paying: plan for US dollar card payments, or a regional host that accepts a method you can use every year.

Servers: hosting in Nairobi or Kampala keeps delay low for visitors in Juba.

How we help: we set up dependable hosting and email in a nearby market and support you remotely.

Outside these countries? We work remotely with clients across the continent. Tell us where you are and what you need.

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AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud

Hyperscale cloud suits corporates, regulated data and apps that must scale on demand. AWS has a Cape Town region and a Lagos Local Zone, Microsoft runs Azure data centres in South Africa and Google Cloud has a Johannesburg region, so data can stay on the continent.

The trade-off is cost and complexity. Billing is usage-based in US dollars, which makes monthly costs harder to predict than a fixed hosting plan, and someone has to design, secure and watch the setup. We plan, migrate and monitor cloud workloads, and help keep the bill in check.

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Other Web Hosting Providers

Beyond Hostinger, SiteGround and Kinsta are popular for managed WordPress, at a higher price. Bluehost, Namecheap and hosting.com, formerly A2 Hosting, compete on budget shared plans. Developers often choose DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr or Contabo for low-cost servers.

For AI-built and static sites, Netlify, Vercel and Cloudflare Pages host front ends free or cheaply, though none of them includes business email. Whichever you pick, compare renewal prices, server locations and support hours before you pay.

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What to Check Before You Buy Hosting in Africa

Six questions that save you money, downtime and stress

How Will You Pay?

Global hosts usually bill in US dollars by card. Local hosts often accept M-Pesa and other mobile money. Choose a method you can use at every renewal, not just once.

What Does It Renew At?

First-year prices are often promotional. Check the renewal price and the currency. A dollar bill grows when your local currency weakens.

Where Are the Servers?

Distance adds delay. If most of your visitors are in one country, host close to them or use a content delivery network.

Who Owns the Account?

Your hosting and your domain should both sit in your name, with login details you control. Ask before you pay, not after a dispute.

Who Supports You, and When?

Support around the clock in another time zone is not the same as a person who picks up during your working day.

Where Does Your Data Sit?

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa all have data protection laws, and some limit sending personal data abroad. Check where yours is stored.

When Hostinger Is Not the Right Choice

We earn a commission from Hostinger. We still tell you when to use someone else.

Hostinger is good value for many small businesses, NGOs and developers. It is not the answer for everyone. At the time of writing, Hostinger has no data centres in Africa, and its global site bills in US dollars. Here is where we point people elsewhere.

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Your Data Must Stay in the Country or Region

Talk to us about local data centres and cloud regions in Africa before you choose a host.

You Need a Country Domain

For .co.ke, .ug, .co.tz or .ss, register through an accredited local registrar. We guide the registration in your name. See domains.

You Can Only Pay by Mobile Money

A local host that accepts M-Pesa or other mobile money will make every renewal easier.

You Need Managed Enterprise Cloud

AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, with a partner to design and run it, may suit a corporate workload better.

You Want a Local Team on Call

Choose a provider with a local support team, or keep us on a support plan so you always have someone to call.

Keep Your Website Online and in Your Hands

Most outages are not attacks. They are missed renewals, expired cards and updates nobody ran.

Businesses usually lose a website in one of three ways. The hosting renewal fails because the card on file expired. An update breaks the site and there is no backup to restore. Or the hosting account sits with a former developer, and nobody else can log in. Each one is easy to prevent.

Turn on auto-renew, with a payment method that will still work next year

Keep backups off the server as well as on it, and test a restore

Open the hosting account in your name, protected with two-factor login

Update WordPress, themes and plugins every month, after a backup

Set up free uptime alerts so you hear about downtime first

Check that SSL renews on its own before the padlock disappears

Send renewal notices to an email address that does not depend on the same hosting

Locked Out of Your Hosting?

If a former developer, agency or staff member holds your hosting login, you are not alone. We confirm who owns the account, work with the host to prove it is yours and move your website and email into an account you control, without taking the site offline.

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Prefer not to think about updates at all? We handle updates, backups, security scans and uptime monitoring, and fix problems when they happen.

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Hosting Rescue: An Example From Our Work

Details changed to protect the client

A Nairobi-based organisation came to us after its website went offline and staff email started bouncing. A freelance developer had built the site years earlier, opened the hosting in his own account and paid for it with his own card. When the card expired, the hosting lapsed. The developer had moved on, and nobody at the organisation had a login.

The domain was still registered to the organisation, which made recovery possible. We restored the website from the host’s last backup, moved it and every mailbox to new hosting opened in the organisation’s name and billed by M-Pesa, and timed the DNS switch so email kept flowing. We then set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC, turned on auto-renew and off-site backups, and added uptime alerts.

The website came back, staff kept their old messages and every login now sits with the organisation. The next renewal notice goes to them, not to someone who left.

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How to Host a Vibe-Coded Website

The tool you build with will change. Where your site lives should not.

AI tools such as Lovable, Bolt and Google AI Studio publish your site to their own addresses. That is fine for testing, but a business site belongs on your own domain, on hosting you control.

For a simple site, ask Claude or ChatGPT for the files, upload them to your hosting’s public folder through File Manager or FTP and name the homepage index.html. Point your domain at the hosting, turn on SSL, and you are live. No builder subscription, no lock-in, and the files stay yours.

Apps with a database or logins need more than static hosting, often a VPS. Whichever route you take, remember that no builder includes business email. Built something already? We will get it onto your own domain, with email working and search engines able to read it.

Read: How to Host a Vibe-Coded Website

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Free Tools for Testing Your Hosting

Check your speed, uptime, SSL and email in seconds

Speed and uptime

PageSpeed Insights – Test how fast your website loads on mobile and desktop.
GTmetrix – Speed tests you can run from a chosen country.
WebPageTest – Detailed load testing with waterfall charts.
UptimeRobot – Free alerts when your site or server goes down.

Security and certificates

SSL Labs Server Test – Confirm your SSL certificate is installed and configured correctly.
Sucuri SiteCheck – Scan a site for malware and blacklist warnings.
Google Safe Browsing Status – Check whether Google has flagged your site as unsafe.
crt.sh – Find every SSL certificate issued for your domain.

DNS and propagation

whatsmydns.net – See whether a DNS change has spread to servers around the world.
DNSChecker.org – Propagation checks plus record lookups and DNS health reports.
Google Admin Toolbox Dig – Read any DNS record exactly as Google’s resolvers see it.
IntoDNS – A quick health report on nameservers, MX records and common misconfigurations.

Email and deliverability

MXToolbox – Check MX, SPF and blacklist status when your email lands in spam.
Mail-Tester – Send a test message and see why it might be flagged as spam.
dmarcian Domain Checker – Check whether your SPF, DKIM and DMARC records are set correctly.
Google Postmaster Tools – See how Gmail treats mail from your domain.

Hosting and technology research

Netcraft Site Report – See who hosts a site, where, and what it runs on.
BuiltWith – Identify the technology stack behind any website.
SecurityTrails – Historical DNS records, useful for tracing past hosting setups.
Shodan – See what services a server exposes to the internet.

Search and indexing

Google Search Console – See how Google crawls and ranks your site after a hosting move.
Bing Webmaster Tools – The same for Bing, which also feeds some AI assistants.
Wayback Machine – Recover old content or see what a site looked like before a move.

Terminal commands (no URL, run on your own machine)

curl -I – curl -I https://example.com – See response headers, redirects and the server software.
dig – dig example.com A – Check which IP address your domain points to.
nslookup – nslookup example.com – The simpler DNS lookup, available on Windows by default.
openssl s_client – openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 – Inspect an SSL certificate from the command line.
ping and traceroute – traceroute example.com – Check reachability and how far traffic travels to your server.

Data protection regulators

If your website collects names, phone numbers or payments, the law in your country applies to where that data is stored. Start with your regulator.

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (Kenya) – Registers data controllers and processors under the Data Protection Act, 2019.

Personal Data Protection Office (Uganda) – Oversees the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.

Personal Data Protection Commission (Tanzania) – Registers controllers and processors, and sets rules for sending personal data outside Tanzania.

Data Protection and Privacy Office (Rwanda) – Part of the National Cyber Security Authority. Authorises storing personal data outside Rwanda.

Ethiopian Communications Authority – Oversees the Personal Data Protection Proclamation, 2024.

Nigeria Data Protection Commission – Enforces the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023.

Data Protection Commission (Ghana) – Registers data controllers under the Data Protection Act, 2012.

Information Regulator (South Africa) – Enforces the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

How It Works

Four steps from your first question to a website that stays online

1. Choose

Tell us what you are building, where your visitors are and how you pay. We recommend the host and plan that fit.

2. Buy

You buy directly from the provider, in your name. Where we use an affiliate link, it costs you nothing extra.

3. Set Up

We connect the domain, activate SSL, set up email and move your site across if you have one.

4. Keep Running

We turn on auto-renew, backups and uptime alerts. Stay on a maintenance plan, or call us when you need a hand.

How We Make Money

Digital 4 Africa is an affiliate of some providers on this page, including Hostinger. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This does not change our advice. We recommend the provider that fits your needs, even when we earn nothing from it. We have no commercial relationship with the local hosts we name.

FAQs About Web Hosting in Kenya and Africa

Straight answers on cost, payment, speed, ownership and choosing a host

Web hosting is the service that stores your website’s files and database on a server and delivers them to visitors around the clock. Most plans also include business email. You need hosting and a domain for a working website, and you can buy them from the same provider or from different ones.

At the time of writing, entry-level shared hosting in Kenya costs roughly KES 2,500 to KES 7,500 a year, depending on the host and the offer. Some plans renew at double the first-year price, so compare renewal prices before you buy. Managed WordPress and cloud plans cost more.

It depends on how you pay and where your visitors are. Local hosts such as Truehost, HostPinnacle and HOSTAFRICA bill in shillings and accept M-Pesa. Hostinger is strong value if you can pay in US dollars by card. Corporates with regulated data may need AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. We recommend the option that fits, even when we earn nothing from it.

Usually, for visitors in the same country. A server in Nairobi, Lagos, Dar es Salaam or Johannesburg is closer to local visitors than one in Europe or the US. A content delivery network narrows the gap for international hosts, and for most business websites the difference is small.

Yes, with many local hosts. Kenyan hosts widely accept M-Pesa, and hosts in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ghana commonly accept mobile money. Global hosts, including Hostinger’s global site, usually bill in US dollars by card or PayPal, while Hostinger’s Nigeria site bills in naira.

Hostinger is good value for small business websites, WordPress and budget VPS hosting. At the time of writing, its data centres are in Europe, Asia, the United States and Brazil, not Africa, and it has a content delivery location in Johannesburg. This works well for most business websites. Apps that need the fastest local speeds may suit a host with servers in your country.

Shared hosting places many websites on one server and is the cheapest option. WordPress hosting is tuned for WordPress, and managed plans also handle updates. Cloud hosting gives you more resources and isolation for busy sites without managing a server yourself.

Move to a VPS when your site slows down under traffic, when you need software your hosting will not allow, or when you run automation, AI agents or trading platforms around the clock. A VPS needs someone to manage it. See our VPS hosting page.

For learning or testing, sometimes. For a business, rarely. Free hosts limit storage, speed and email, and they can close with little notice. 000webhost, one of the best-known free hosts, shut down in 2024. A low-cost paid plan with backups, SSL and support is a safer base.

Many hosting plans include email on your own domain, which suits small teams. Larger teams often choose Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or Zoho Mail for shared calendars and file storage. Either way, the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records must be set correctly. See business email.

Yes. We move websites, databases, email and DNS records, test everything and time the switch to avoid downtime. Many hosts, including Hostinger, offer free migration for WordPress sites, and we will tell you when that is enough. We step in for email, custom sites and complex moves.

You do. You buy hosting directly from the provider, in your name or your company’s name, and the login stays with you. We set things up and maintain them, but we never hold your account. If you move to another provider or partner, everything goes with you.

Quick setup tasks, such as connecting a domain, activating SSL and setting up mailboxes, are free for our hosting clients. Migration, managed WordPress and hosting rescue are quoted after a free consultation, once we have seen your site and your current setup.

No. We work with Hostinger, local hosts across Africa, and cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. We earn a commission on some links. We recommend the option that fits your needs, even when we earn nothing from it.

We serve clients in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and South Sudan, and work remotely with clients across the continent. We are based in Nairobi, and support can be remote, on site or a mix of both.

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What Is Web Hosting?

The service that stores your website and keeps it online around the clock

Choose Your Hosting

How to Choose Web Hosting

Choose it for speed, backups and support, not just the first-year price

Use these tips when buying web hosting

Which Type of Web Hosting Do You Need?

Shared, WordPress, cloud or a website builder? It depends on your traffic and who will maintain the site.

Our default advice

Web Hosting Services

Setup, migration, maintenance and rescue, whoever hosts you

Free Quick Setup

Website and Email Migration

Managed WordPress and Maintenance

Hosting Rescue and Handover

Compare Web Hosting Providers

Hostinger, local hosts and cloud platforms each win in different situations

How do you know you have a good host?

Where to Buy Web Hosting

Your host decides your renewal price, your server location and who answers when something breaks

Use the Hostinger Coupon Code 1DIGITAL4AF90 to get 20% off your hosting or VPS purchase!

Buying Web Hosting with Hostinger

Local Web Hosting Across Africa

Web Hosting in Kenya

Web Hosting in Uganda

Web Hosting in Tanzania

Web Hosting in Rwanda

Web Hosting in Burundi

Web Hosting in Ethiopia

Web Hosting in Nigeria

Web Hosting in Ghana

Web Hosting in South Africa

Web Hosting in South Sudan

AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud

Other Web Hosting Providers

What to Check Before You Buy Hosting in Africa

Six questions that save you money, downtime and stress

How Will You Pay?

What Does It Renew At?

Where Are the Servers?

Who Owns the Account?

Who Supports You, and When?

Where Does Your Data Sit?

When Hostinger Is Not the Right Choice

We earn a commission from Hostinger. We still tell you when to use someone else.

Your Data Must Stay in the Country or Region

You Need a Country Domain

You Can Only Pay by Mobile Money

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