Choosing the best domain name is not rocket science. Since 2014, the number of available domain extensions one can choose for one’s website has exploded massively – from just about 215 to the over 1,450 available today. This then brings another challenge of which extension is best for one’s purpose. […]
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 […]
3-year SSL certificates issuance halted
The SSL industry is further shoring up their defenses, and doing away with 3-year certificate licensing terms on all SSL certificates. Effective 1st March 2018, the new maximum permissible term on any and all certificates will be about 2 years, specifically, 27 months. The 27 months comprises the initial 24 […]
New Support Portal
Our new Support Portal is feature-rich. It comes with: an intuitive navigation, making useful content easy to find a live search box that returns relevant pages speedily a discussion Forum where open issues can be discussed and questions asked
Domain Promos for August 2017
Some choice new domain extensions go on sale at Web4Africa, effective 1st August and would last till 31st October 2017. The new domain extensions vary and offering exciting opportunities for relevant and creative website addresses in a fast-moving digital economy. While .site and .online are a bit generic and targetted […]
.TECH Domain is 2!
Web4Africa joins the .tech registry to celebrate it’s 2nd Launch Anniversary today! With 250,000+ registrations and brands like Viacom, CES and TNW using their .tech, .tech has rapidly established itself as the defacto TLD of the tech industry. Apart from registrations, .tech has been in the trenches and has been […]
.asia domain registration gets easier
.asia is the top-level domain name system for the continent of Asia and the Pacific region. It was introduced in 2007. As of 2016, over 80% of .ASIA domain registrations (based on registrant contact) came from within Asia, led by China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. The requirements for […]
Nigeria: Pay Online with more banks
Our online payment system for our clients in Nigeria now supports more banks. Hitherto, we only supported GTBank Online Payment, but can now support Diamond Bank, Fidelity Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Wema Bank and Zenith Bank – as well. The entire process is online and straight-forward. It should […]
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 […]