UHostAfrica Reviews

UHostAfrica is a web hosting and domain registration company founded in 2012 by Theo Magaya and Chris Zimbowora in Pretoria, South Africa, with the goal of becoming a leading provider in Africa. The company targets individuals, SMEs, established businesses, web designers, developers, and bloggers across the continent, offering affordable and reliable web services. Their primary services include Linux and Windows shared hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, email hosting, domain registration (including .zw domains), and website design services. UHostAfrica operates a cloud-based infrastructure with data centers located in Manchester, UK, and Cape Town, South Africa, promising a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Key features include free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates, unlimited traffic on many plans, R1Soft daily/weekly backups, one-click installers (like WordPress), and support for technologies like PHP and MySQL. They emphasize customer support available via phone, ticket, live chat, and WhatsApp during business hours, alongside a knowledge base. A unique selling point is their focus on empowering African businesses online and offering autoscaling server technology and green hosting powered by renewable energy.