AFRICLOUD

AFRICLOUD is a cloud infrastructure company that operates data-centre regions in Lisbon, Portugal; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Lagos, Nigeria. It sells self-service cloud servers (VPS) as well as managed private cloud, dedicated servers and enterprise backup, positioning itself around low-latency connectivity to African, European and South American markets. The company runs its own network under autonomous system number AS209179, peers with more than 850 networks globally and connects through major submarine cable systems. Its self-service plans are built on AMD EPYC processors with NVMe storage, include IPv6, full root access and instant automated deployment, and are marketed with a 99.9% uptime target. Payment options are unusually broad for the segment, spanning cards, PayPal, Pix, mobile money in multiple markets and more than 300 cryptocurrencies. AFRICLOUD also emphasises data residency, offering customers a choice of Nigerian (NDPA), South African (POPIA) or European Union jurisdictions at deployment. For larger organisations it offers a quote-based managed services tier aimed at enterprises, banks, governments and SaaS platforms that need fleet management, compliance and SLA terms rather than a single virtual machine. The company describes itself as built on more than two decades of hosting industry experience and as established to close a gap in nearby, high-performance cloud server infrastructure for underserved regions.

AFRICLOUD was established to address what it describes as a persistent gap: the lack of nearby, high-performance cloud server infrastructure for underserved regions. The company says it was built on more than two decades of hosting industry expertise, though it does not publicly disclose a founding year in the supplied material. From the outset its strategy has centred on operating its own physical infrastructure rather than reselling capacity. It maintains a physical network presence in three locations — Lisbon, Portugal; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Lagos, Nigeria — and runs its own autonomous system, AS209179, peered at six internet exchanges including NAPAfrica, IXPN, DE-CIX Lisbon and GigaPIX, with direct traffic exchange with more than 850 networks. The Lisbon facility is described as a major European carrier campus powered entirely by renewable energy, connected to major European internet exchanges and to submarine cables including EllaLink, Equiano, SAT-3/WASC, MainOne and ACE, giving direct low-latency routes to West Africa, North Africa, Europe and Brazil. The company markets its three regions as home to 84% of Africa's population and claims coverage of 42 African markets under 70 ms. Its product line began with self-service cloud servers built on AMD EPYC hardware with NVMe storage, IPv6, full root access and automated deployment, and later expanded into a quote-based managed services tier offering Managed Private Cloud, Dedicated Servers and Enterprise Backup for enterprises, banks, governments and SaaS platforms. Managed private cloud runs on AMD EPYC 7763 hardware with 1 TiB of RAM per node and NVMe Gen4 storage. The company emphasises data residency across three jurisdictions — Nigeria (NDPA), South Africa (POPIA) and Lisbon (EU law) — and offers flexible payment including 300+ cryptocurrencies, cards, PayPal, Pix and mobile money in multiple markets.

• AFRICLOUD operates data-centre regions in Lisbon, Johannesburg and Lagos.

• Company runs its own network under AS209179, peered at six internet exchanges.

• Self-service Cloud Server plans VM1–VM6 offered with AMD EPYC and NVMe storage.

• Managed Services tier launched covering Managed Private Cloud, Dedicated Servers and Enterprise Backup.

Low-latency, sovereign cloud infrastructure for Africa, Europe and South America, combining self-service VPS with enterprise managed services.

• VM1 Cloud Server

  1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe, 1 Gbps network, 1 TB transfer.

• VM2 Cloud Server

  1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, 2 Gbps network, 2 TB transfer.

• VM3 Cloud Server

  2 vCPUs, 3 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, 3 Gbps network, 3 TB transfer.

• VM4 Cloud Server

  2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, 4 Gbps network, 4 TB transfer.

• VM5 Cloud Server

  3 vCPUs, 6 GB RAM, 140 GB NVMe, 5 Gbps network, 5 TB transfer.

• Managed Private Cloud

  Quote-based managed private cloud on AMD EPYC 7763 with 1 TiB RAM per node and NVMe Gen4 storage.

• Dedicated Servers

  Managed dedicated server offering for enterprise and government procurement.

• Enterprise Backup

  Geo-redundant backup service across EU and South African jurisdictions.

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