Dear Esteemed Customers of Web4Africa, As we journey through the digital era, the landscape of web hosting and domain registration constantly evolves. Today, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment where we must adapt to significant industry changes. We are contacting you about an upcoming adjustment in the pricing of […]
PayPal visibility
Due to operational reasons, we have had to limit the visibility of PayPal as a payment method on our shopping cart and invoices in most countries. This would be reviewed and readjusted when the circumstances improve drastically. We encourage you to pay via alternative methods, including credit/debit cards or mobile […]
Upgrade to PHP 8 now and future-proof your website!
We want to inform you that PHP 7 has reached the End of Life as of November 28, 2022. As such, we urge all our Web Hosting and WordPress Hosting customers to upgrade their web sites/apps to support PHP 8 as soon as possible to avoid any potential issues with […]
Exciting New Features in cPanel v108 Update
Web4Africa customers can expect some exciting changes with the latest cPanel v108 update. The update has many new features to enhance your website management experience. Firstly, Paper Lantern users will be automatically upgraded to the Jupiter theme after the update. This change will occur automatically after the update, ensuring you […]
Protecting the .NG namespace during COVID-19 pandemic
As a means of curbing fraudulent activities in the .ng namespace as relayed to COVID-19, the .ng registry shared a notification with all registrars. Some weeks ago, NiRA had been alerted about some people setting up websites with domain names containing the word ‘COVID’ for suspicious activities. Also, as a […]
.HOST is now an Open Generic Top-Level Domain
Before now, .HOST domains had been targetted exclusively at the web hosting and cloud hosting industry. The .host registry is however now expanding the target audience by repositioning it as a generic top-level domain extension. Why is .HOST re-positioned as a generic TLD? Research on live websites in the .HOST […]
Why SquirrelMail is being removed from cPanel
SquirrelMail is a project that provides both a web-based email client and a proxy server for the IMAP protocol. Started in 1999, it has been shipped with cPanel since over 10 years ago. Used and loved by millions globally, SquirrelMail is, unfortunately, getting the stick from cPanel as it would […]
A review of VPS Hosting in Nigeria
A few months ago, I had the privilege of discussing in-country hosting with the CEO of Web4Africa. He informed me he was about to start offering hosting accounts in datacenters here in Lagos. I’ve always been a proponent of internet performance and one of the major issues with the performance […]
Web4Africa extends web hosting infrastructure to Nigeria
Web4Africa, a leading pan-African web hosting company and accredited domain registrar has extended its web hosting infrastructure to Nigeria, making it the first web hosting company to do so. From an award-winning Tier-III data centre in Lagos Nigeria, Web4Africa is poised to offer its regular services from its West African […]
.host, .press & .website domains at discounts
Web4Africa, an ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar, is offering .host, .press and .website domain names at discounted prices for 1st year registrations, in a special deal as offer by their respective domain registries. New Domains @ discounted prices: .HOST, .PRESS, .WEBSITE http://t.co/VrLWim75Na http://t.co/wIGBFdpzKH — Web4Africa (@web4africa) September 18, 2014 The limited […]