Host Africa.co.za WordPress Business, ZAR 600.00/mo. on Linux Shared

WordPress Business has been added on Jul 26, 2023

🔌 Hosted domains :	5
🆓 free domains :	1
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	Seo HostingWordpressSelf Managed
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive Chat
Other special features :	SSL certificate includedDaily Acronis Backups includedcPanel
🌏 Server Locations :	South Africa
⚑ Targeting :	ZA UK US

screenshot of WordPress Business from hostafrica.co.za

See also initial WordPress Business plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

Enjoy building your website with LiteSpeed, the fastest web server technology available. Ideal for almost all content management systems, including WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Magneto. Your LiteSpeed hosting package includes a free LSCache plugin , QUIC CDN, SSL, and a .co.za domain

Up to 12x faster than regular hosting
Free SSL certificate
Includes spam filtering
Advanced server-level caching

LScache plugin features and capabilities
Free QUIC.cloud CDN Cache
Object Cache (Memcached/LSMCD/Redis) Support
Image Optimization (Lossless/Lossy)
Minify CSS, JavaScript, and HTML
Minify inline & external CSS/JS
Combine CSS/JS
Automatically generate Critical CSS
Lazy-load images/iframes
Responsive Image Placeholders
Multiple CDN Support
Load CSS Asynchronously
Defer/delay JS loading
Browser Cache Support
Database Cleaner and Optimizer
PageSpeed score optimization
OPcode Cache Support
HTTP/2 Push for CSS/JS
DNS Prefetch
Cloudflare API
Single Site and Multisite (Network) support
Import/Export settings
Attractive, easy-to-understand interface
WebP image format support
Heartbeat control
Automatic page caching
Automatic cache purging
Private cache for logged-in users
Caching of WordPress REST API calls
Separate caching of desktop and mobile views
Ability to schedule purge for specified URLs
WooCommerce and bbPress support
WordPress CLI commands
API system for easy cache integration
Exclude from cache by URI, Cookie, User Agent
Smart preload crawler with support for sitemaps
Multiple crawlers for cache varies
HTTP/2/3 & QUIC support
ESI (Edge Side Includes) support
Widgets and Shortcodes as ESI blocks

📄 Editorial Review

HOSTAFRICA has grown into one of the more substantial hosting brands focused on the African market, and it no longer feels like a small local provider with a limited product range. The company was founded in 2016 by Michael Osterloh together with two European hosting entrepreneurs, while the South African operating entity goes back further, with company registration roots tied to 2008. That gives the business a solid mix of newer expansion energy and older local operating history.

The service portfolio is broad enough to cover nearly every standard hosting requirement from one provider. They offer shared web hosting, LiteSpeed hosting, WordPress hosting, WooCommerce hosting, email hosting, domain registration, SSL certificates, website builder tools, Linux Cloud VPS, Linux VDS, Windows cloud servers, Windows VDS, managed VPS hosting, dedicated servers, GPU servers, managed colocation, online backups, and several reseller lines for hosting, domains, VPS, and backup services. For customers who want to start with a small plan and scale later, that range is one of the company’s strongest advantages.

The lineup also feels practical rather than inflated with unnecessary categories. Entry-level users can begin with shared hosting or WordPress hosting, agencies can move into reseller services, and more demanding projects can scale into VPS, VDS, dedicated, or colocation solutions without leaving the same platform. That makes the service suitable for freelancers, small businesses, developers, resellers, and growing e-commerce projects.

Another strong point is that HOSTAFRICA is no longer limited to a single-country focus. The business has expanded across the continent through acquisitions and regional growth in markets such as Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and West Africa. That wider African presence adds credibility for customers who want regional relevance, local billing options, and lower-latency hosting instead of depending entirely on Europe or the United States.

The storefront is also built for multiple African markets. The platform is mainly English-language, but it supports several country and currency combinations, including South Africa, International, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, with visible pricing in ZAR, USD, NGN, KES, GHS, and EGP. That makes the service feel genuinely regional rather than limited to one domestic market.

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