AFRICLOUD

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Cloud infrastructure operator with regions in Lisbon, Johannesburg and Lagos, serving customers across Africa, South America and Europe with cloud servers, storage and networking. Tagline: “Own Your Cloud.”

Last updated 5 Sep 2026  ·  29 videos  ·  5 articles in coverage archive

About AFRICLOUD

AFRICLOUD is a cloud infrastructure provider that operates from three regions: Lisbon (Portugal), Johannesburg (South Africa) and, since July 2026, Lagos (Nigeria). Its primary product is cloud server (VPS) hosting on NVMe storage with AMD EPYC compute, fronted by a 100 Gbps network and DDoS protection, with dedicated servers, block storage, automated backups, floating IPs and an API alongside. Lisbon serves Europe, North Africa and parts of West Africa, and reaches South America over a direct Atlantic route; Johannesburg covers Southern and East Africa with single-digit-millisecond latency to neighbouring SADC markets; Lagos serves Nigeria in-country and reaches the West and Central African coast and the landlocked Sahel, from about 7 ms to Accra to under 50 ms to Conakry.

The company’s positioning argument is payment-method coverage. Beyond the conventional credit card and PayPal (and Pix for Brazilian customers), AFRICLOUD accepts more than 300 cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and USDC), and supports mobile money in 12 African countries. Billing is available in five currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, NGN and ZAR. The combination is aimed at founders and SMBs in markets where foreign-currency card declines, forex spreads, or banking-relationship gaps make traditional cloud providers difficult to access.

The Johannesburg footprint came first; AFRICLOUD’s Lisbon presence went live in July 2025, adding the Atlantic route used by South American customers and a European edge for Europe-facing African businesses. The Lagos region opened in July 2026, the company’s third region and its first in-country presence in Nigeria, hosted at Digital Realty’s LOS1 facility in Victoria Island; AFRICLOUD’s network, AS209179, joined IXPN Lagos on 23 July 2026. AFRICLOUD’s product roadmap includes managed Kubernetes, object storage and an expanded API. The customer base spans 39 countries across the three serviced continents, and the company’s own August 2026 measurements put 42 African countries within 70 ms of at least one region.

Quick facts

Founded	2025 (current operating entity)
Regions	Lisbon (Portugal) · Johannesburg (South Africa) · Lagos (Nigeria, since July 2026)
Primary products	Cloud servers (VPS) · Dedicated servers · Storage · Networking
Hardware	NVMe storage, AMD EPYC compute, 100 Gbps network
Payment methods	Credit/debit card · PayPal · Pix · 300+ cryptocurrencies · Mobile money (12 countries)
Billing currencies	USD · EUR · GBP · NGN · ZAR
Markets served	39 countries across Africa, South America and Europe · 42 African countries within 70 ms of a region (August 2026 measurement)
Network	AS209179 · DE-CIX Lisbon and Madrid · IXPN Lagos
Website	africloud.com

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Latency map

The full dataset behind the map, every measured city across the three regions, is published by AFRICLOUD at africloud.com/network. Figures are best-case minimums; real-world latency varies with the carrier.

On YouTube

@africloudhost · Cloud infrastructure videos in English, Portuguese and French: country-by-country latency explainers, the Lagos region launch and Nigeria’s data-residency rules. Last 12 uploads below; new videos appear here automatically.

Frequently asked

What is AFRICLOUD?

AFRICLOUD is a cloud infrastructure provider that operates cloud servers (VPS), dedicated servers, storage and networking from three regions, Lisbon (Portugal), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Lagos (Nigeria), serving customers across 39 countries in Africa, South America and Europe.

Where are AFRICLOUD’s data centres located?

Three regions. Johannesburg, South Africa, is the original AFRICLOUD presence and delivers single-digit-millisecond latency to most SADC markets. Lisbon, Portugal, live since July 2025, sits on a carrier-neutral campus powered entirely by renewable energy, connects directly to DE-CIX Lisbon and DE-CIX Madrid, and uses direct Atlantic routing for South American customers with a 28 ms path to London for European users. Lagos, Nigeria, live since July 2026, is hosted at Digital Realty’s LOS1 facility in Victoria Island and gives Nigerian workloads in-country hosting, with about 7 ms to Accra and under 50 ms along the West African coast to Conakry.

What payment methods does AFRICLOUD accept?

Conventional methods (credit and debit cards, PayPal) plus more than 300 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, USDT, USDC and Ethereum. Brazilian customers can pay by Pix. Mobile money is supported in 12 African countries. Billing is available in five currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, NGN and ZAR.

Which countries does AFRICLOUD serve?

39 countries across Africa, South America and Europe. African coverage divides between the three regions: Southern and East Africa via Johannesburg, Nigeria and the West and Central African coast via Lagos, and North Africa and the Atlantic side of West Africa via Lisbon. AFRICLOUD’s August 2026 measurements put 42 African countries within 70 ms of at least one region. South American customers reach Lisbon over the Atlantic with measured latencies of 73 ms to Fortaleza, 107 ms to Sao Paulo and 120 ms to Rio de Janeiro.

Can AFRICLOUD keep data in a specific country?

Yes, within its three jurisdictions. Lisbon operates under European Union law, Johannesburg keeps South African data in-country under POPIA, and Lagos keeps Nigerian data in-country under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA). All three run on one account and one dashboard, so a team can place each workload in the jurisdiction it needs. Specific compliance requirements still call for an individual legal assessment.

How does AFRICLOUD compare with hyperscalers like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud?

AFRICLOUD is significantly smaller than the hyperscalers and focuses on a different problem: payment-method accessibility for African and South American customers. The hyperscalers offer broader product portfolios and global region counts; AFRICLOUD offers crypto and mobile-money payment paths and local-currency billing that hyperscalers do not. tech.africa’s broader hyperscaler peering coverage runs in the Inside the hyperscalers’ African networks series, beginning with Meta.

Where to find AFRICLOUD

• Website: africloud.com
• YouTube: @africloudhost
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/africloud
• X (Twitter): @africloudhost
• Instagram: @africloud
• Facebook: facebook.com/africloudhost