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 […]
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 […]
First FOSS Mirror in West Africa at mirror.ng
Web4Africa, a leading web hosting company, announces the launch of The Nigerian Mirror Project, a first of its type in the West African sub-region. The Nigerian Mirror Project, which is physically hosted in Nigeria and reachable at mirror.ng, aims to drastically improve the download and availability of free & open-source […]
Web4Africa becomes an official cPanel FastUpdate Partner
Web4Africa, a leading pan-African web hosting company, today announces the launch of Africa’s first cPanel FastUpdate server. The server enables cPanel servers within Web4Africa’s network and others in the Southern Africa region to download cPanel installations and updates at very fast speeds. cPanel describes the system as follows: The FastUpdate […]
The benefit of downloading Linux distros locally
Some 250 million people live in any one of the 15 countries in West Africa. Millions of people already own and use a device that is connected the Internet. While Windows Operating System (OS) dominates the regional market, variants of Linux desktop OS distributions are steadily making way into the […]
What Would You Like Mirrored In Nigeria?
Are you a developer or Linux user in Nigeria? What would you like mirrored in Nigeria? Web4Africa has been working on a local mirror for linux distributions and important software/modules/scripts. The mission is to make the most popular open-source Operating Systems and software available locally, starting from Nigeria. Users in […]
60% Discount OFF Web Hosting in Nigeria
Web4Africa is offering a limited-time 60% discount off the Web Hosting in Nigeria plans. Offer closes on Monday. Click on the banner below, to enjoy the one-off offer now. Terms: Free Domains apply to annual billing cycles only, and must be included in the hosting order at the time of ordering. […]
Web Hosting in Nigeria: Off-The-Grid Power
Nigeria is an emerging economy of over 170 million people and a leader in business and information technology, on the African continent. The country needs to develop despite its challenges. The local hosting industry needs to grow and blossom. It is well documented that electricity generation and distribution is a […]
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 […]