Effective 1st May 2012, .uk domain names can now be registered or renewed for between 1 and 10 years. Hitherto, .uk domains have been restricted to a 2-year registration or renewal period, at any given time. The new policy by the .uk registry would offer .uk domain registrants much more […]
Web4Africa gains .UK registrar accreditation
Web4Africa, today 20th March 2012, gained Nominet accreditation as a .UK Domain Registrar. While .uk is the country-code domain for the United Kingdom, Nominet is the body in charge of all .uk domains. The accreditation means that Web4Africa is a registered TAG holder and a Member of Nominet. Having passed […]
Web4Africa gains CO.ZA Domain accreditation
Web4Africa, a leading domain registrar and web hosting company operating from West Africa gained full CO.ZA accreditation earlier this week. The domain accreditation makes Web4Africa one of the few domain registrars to have gained the status so far. .za is the country code top-level domain name for South Africa. .co.za, […]
40% Promotional Prices for selected domains
Web4Africa is offering a massive 40% discount of regular pricing on selected domain extensions throughout March 2012. The domain extensions are: .org .mobi .me .in .co .de (domain registration available to residents of Germany only) .es (domain registration available to residents of Spain only) .asia (domain registration available to residents […]
Web4Africa Ltd. acquires Alireta.com hosting service
Web4Africa Ltd., the leading web hosting company in West Africa, has acquired the web hosting & domain names services of Alireta Nigeria Limited with effect from 1st May 2011. Founded in March 2003 under the name DomainStandard.net, Alireta broke new grounds by offering domain registration and web hosting services to […]
Verve Card
Verve Card is issued by Interswitch, a leading pan-African payment gateway and processor. Having started in 2002, Interswitch has since evolved from being a Nigerian operation and now has a strong presence in Kenya, Uganda (both in East Africa), and The Gambia. Verve Card is one of the products of […]
The home truth about patronizing local web hosting companies
We are fully aware that many of you patronize local companies not because you don’t have foreign options but because you prefer to patronize your own people and keep the money in your local economy. That does not mean you should tolerate mediocre service delivery. Whatever your reasons for patronizing […]
Why you should renew your domain name early
Irrespective of where you registered your domain name, it helps to renew your domain name on time. Not doing so can cause a lot of problems. At Web4Africa, we have dealt with a lot of difficult situations, where clients have not renewed their domains early enough. We do send out […]
Web4Africa 7th Anniversary Promotional Offers
Save BIG this September 2009! As part of our 7th year anniversary celebrations this September 2009, we are offering mouth-watering discounts on our web hosting and domain registration services though our prices are already very competitive. From now till 30th September 2009, you can save 5% on all domain registrations […]