Afrihost

Afrihost (PTY) Ltd
Afrihost
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded2000
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Area served
South Africa
Key people
ProductsLTE
Voice
FTTH
Websitewww.afrihost.com

Afrihost is a South African Internet Service Provider (ISP) providing a number of services, including ADSL broadband, fibre, fixed wireless, mobile services and web hosting. A proposed merger with Cool Ideas, another ISP, has been approved by regulators.[1]

The company was established in 2000 by CEO Gian Visser,[2] Brendan Armstrong and Peter Meintjes, who were later joined by Greg Payne (former COO of Internet Solutions). Originally a web hosting and general IT services company, the firm joined the broadband market in 2009. The original executives have since been joined by Angus MacRobert, former CEO of Internet Solutions and joint CEO of Vox Telecom.[3] Dean Suchard, formerly CFO of Dimension Data, joined the board as Financial Director in 2016.[4]

  1. ^ Pai, Shailaja (24 August 2021). "South Africa okays Afrihost, Cool Ideas merger". Developing Telecoms. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Q&A with Afrihost CEO Gian Visser". TechCentral. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Vox to focus on strategy". ITWeb.co.za. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. ^ "MTN sells out of Afrihost". South Africa: Independent Online. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.