Route Africa POSITIVE SSL, TZS 75.000/yr. on SSL Certificates

POSITIVE SSL has been added on Feb 5, 2023, Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 1 reviews)

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Route Africa operates as Route Africa Networks Limited, a Tanzanian domain registration, web hosting, and digital-services company headquartered in Dodoma. Its hosting activity dates to 2013, while the formal company incorporation dates to 2017. Brian J.M and Thomas Boke are associated with the foundation of the business.

The company serves Tanzania together with several other African markets, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Zambia. Additional regional storefronts cover India and the United Kingdom, although the Tanzanian operation remains the principal business center.

Route Africa offers domain registration, domain transfers, Linux shared hosting, Windows hosting, WordPress hosting, student hosting, reseller hosting, cloud hosting, KVM VPS, Tanzania VPS, Plesk VPS, dedicated servers, business email, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, SSL certificates, DNS management, domain-reseller services, website backups, cyber backup, website building, custom hosting, and website development. Its wider digital portfolio also includes payment integrations, bulk messaging, software development, and security consultancy.

Domain registration is one of the company’s strongest areas. The catalog covers common generic extensions together with Tanzanian, Kenyan, Rwandan, Ugandan, South African, Nigerian, and other regional domain names. The reseller platform supports more than 500 extensions and includes wholesale pricing, DNS management, a dedicated dashboard, REST API access, and a WHMCS registrar module.

The domain API can handle registrations, transfers, renewals, contact updates, registrar locking, nameserver changes, DNS records, email forwarding, and identity-protection settings. This combination is useful for hosting resellers, developers, and web agencies that need automated domain provisioning.

Linux shared hosting uses NVMe storage and cPanel. Entry plans are intended for a single website, while larger packages support several sites and provide more storage. Standard features include SSL certificates, email accounts, subdomains, Softaculous, PHP, Node.js, Python, SSH access, website migration, malware scanning, and periodic backups. Integration with Cloudflare is available for DNS, caching, and website protection.

The shared-hosting range begins with approximately 10 GB of NVMe storage and extends to plans offering around 100 GB. Some packages include a free domain. CPU, memory, inode, and process limits depend on the selected account, making the larger plans more suitable for business websites and resource-intensive applications.

Windows hosting remains available for websites and applications that require a Microsoft-compatible environment. The packages range from small entry accounts to configurations offering approximately 100 GB of storage. Email accounts, subdomains, and support for a primary website are included according to the plan.

WordPress hosting includes preinstalled WordPress, automatic updates, caching, CDN integration, malware protection, managed assistance, and CodeGuard-based backups. Resources can be increased as website traffic grows. These plans use a WordPress-focused management environment instead of cPanel, and WordPress Multisite is not supported. Website migrations are generally completed within 24 hours.

Student hosting is designed for school projects, university work, development practice, portfolios, and personal websites. These packages include cPanel, Softaculous, SSL, email, PHP, and SSH access. Higher plans add more storage, larger traffic allowances, better backup frequency, and priority assistance.

Reseller hosting uses cPanel and WHM with private nameservers, white-label branding, SSL certificates, account migration, and domain-reseller access. Larger plans can include WHMCS licensing and additional automation. CloudLinux, CageFS, malware protection, and a web application firewall isolate individual customer accounts. The reseller range carries an uptime commitment of up to 99.95%, although some package information still refers to 99.9%.

Cloud hosting combines cPanel, CloudLinux, Softaculous, SitePad, JetBackup, and Imunify360. Selected packages include daily off-site backups and restoration history reaching approximately 30 days. This service sits between conventional shared hosting and a VPS, providing more dedicated CPU and memory without requiring the customer to administer an entire server.

The cloud catalog is less consistent than the standard hosting range. Storage figures, software references, package names, and regional pricing do not always match across the available information. The final order summary is therefore important for confirming CPU, memory, storage, backup retention, billing interval, and renewal cost.

The primary KVM VPS range includes full root access, SSD storage, snapshots, and large traffic allocations. Available configurations range from approximately 4 GB to 24 GB of RAM, with four to eight virtual CPU cores and storage allocations reaching approximately 1.2 TB. Server deployment and daily administration are handled through a virtualization dashboard, while cPanel and Plesk licenses are optional.

Tanzania VPS packages provide a more locally focused option. Entry configurations include approximately 2 GB RAM, two virtual CPU cores, 100 GB HDD storage, one public IP address, a 1 Mbps connection, and daily on-site backup. Larger plans increase memory and storage.

A separate Plesk VPS range combines SSD storage with a limited-domain Plesk license. Some configurations still reference CentOS 6, which is obsolete and unsuitable for a modern production deployment. A currently supported operating system should be selected for any new server.

Dedicated-server packages use Intel Xeon E3 v2 processors, RAID 1 storage, root access, multiple IP addresses, and monthly traffic allowances between approximately 5 TB and 15 TB. Provisioning can be completed in around 30 minutes, and the network connection can reach 1 Gbps.

These dedicated packages use a 1:1 virtualized structure rather than conventional bare-metal hardware. Customers receive isolated server resources, but direct physical-hardware access and nested virtualization are not included. This distinction matters for specialist licensing, custom hypervisors, and applications that specifically require bare-metal servers.

Business email is available as a separate hosted product, alongside Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. The native email plans include branded mailboxes, webmail, spam filtering, and administrative controls. Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 provide their usual productivity, storage, communication, and collaboration applications.

The productivity-suite catalog contains some older licensing details and inconsistent price examples. The exact edition, number of users, storage allocation, billing period, tax treatment, and renewal price need to match the final invoice.

Additional products include SSL certificates, CodeGuard website backup, Acronis cyber backup, server-backup storage, DNS management, and a Weebly-based website builder. SSL options cover standard single-domain and wildcard certificates. CodeGuard protects website files and databases, while Acronis adds protection against data loss, malware, and ransomware for VPS and server environments.

The website builder includes responsive templates and drag-and-drop editing. Custom website development and custom hosting are also available for projects requiring a tailored combination of CPU, memory, storage, software development, security, and technical management.

The storefront supports Tanzanian shillings, US dollars, Rwandan francs, Kenyan shillings, Ghanaian cedis, and Nigerian naira. English is the main interface language. No complete multi-language localized version exists, although the regional storefronts provide country-specific contacts, currencies, and service options.

The website works on current desktop and mobile screens, but the product catalog is not maintained with equal consistency throughout. Older operating-system references, duplicated text, regional price mismatches, and conflicting specifications remain in several sections. Important technical requirements should be matched against the final checkout configuration before ordering.