Before now in Nigeria, hosting a website or buying a domain name was not that easy, especially when a payment was never accepted without a paypal account or a valid credit card. Back in 2007, most Nigerians spend countless number of hours on the internet running searches on google, in quest for web hosts and domain registrars that accept liberty reserve for web hosting and domain name registration since Nigerians are not allowed to have a paypal account.The only available card in Nigeria which is the normal debit card also as of then was never accepted and never worked for payment outside the country.
However, with the emergence of ICT in the last few years, the Nigerian ICT industry took up the challenge which resulted to emergence of several local web host companies which made it easy for us to be enjoying the internet and its products . Today in Nigeria, hosting and buying of domain names are not only possible, but also made as many Nigerians now have wide range of choices to make when it comes to hosting a site and buying a domain name for it.
In this post, I will be listing for some popular and reliable web hosts and domain registrars in Nigeria, where you can pay in Naira and even in dollars to get started with your hosting. The list in this post however, are not in any way recommended or endorsed by me,, it's just a list which I gathered from people and from Nigeria based sites and I decided to put them together, hence I stronglt advice you use the list at your own discretion and if possible ask questions before engaging. The only one I can recommend is the one which I am currently using which is Syskay. Others you can find out on your own.
Here are some web hosting companies based in Nigeria. If you are looking for web hosting sites in Nigeria. The major advantage of Nigeria based web hosting companies is that you pay in Naira. Nigeria based web hosting sites are also cheaper and some of them offer .ng domains. If you do not have a debit card to pay for web hosting online, Nigeria based hosting companies offer you convenient Naira payment.
Syskay
Syskay has been offering web hosting in Nigeria since 2006. Syskay offers from 500 MB to 200 GB storage depending on your web hosting subscription package. Monthly traffic limit ranges between 2 GB to 800 GB traffic depending on your hosting plan with price ranging from N2,500 to N50,000 yearly. You can pay in Naira.
Visit Syskay web hosting site
Web4Africa
Web4Africa offers Linux and Windows hosting, plus lots of useful features. You can also register .ng domains. Web hosting charges can range from 6,400 Naira to about 56,000 Naira yearly. Web4Africa offers from 5GB to 35GB storage depending on your web hosting subscription package. Monthly traffic limit ranges between 10GB to 350 GB traffic depending on your hosting plan. Web4Africa bills you in US dollars but you can pay the equivalent in Naira. You can also pay for Web4Africa web hosting with Liberty reserve.
Visit Web4Africa web hosting site
Smartwebng
Smartwebng is a fast growing web hosting company gaining in reputation by the day since its launch in 2004. Smartwebng offers from 700MB to 250GB storage depending on your web hosting subscription package. Monthly traffic limit ranges between 2 GB to 900 GB traffic depending on your hosting plan with price ranging from N2,000 to N50,000 yearly. You can pay in Naira.
Visit Smartwebng web hosting site
Utiware
Utiware offers Windows hosting and online payment with your InterSwitch ATM/Debit cards. You can also pay with bank deposit in some designated banks. Utiware offers from 1GB to 30 GB storage depending on your web hosting subscription package. Monthly traffic limit ranges between 4 GB to 180 GB traffic depending on your hosting plan with price ranging from N3,500 to N100,000 yearly. Utiware offers PHP and mySQL on their Windows hosting.
Visit Utiware web hosting site
SignonAfrica
SignonAfrica was the first Nigeria based web hosting site I knew of and that was even before I started blogging. SignonAfrica has been around for too long, so it is safe enough to assume that they have remained in the web hosting business for this long because they are good. Basic web hosting from SignonAfrica cost between N5,000 and N20,000 per year with free domain name. SignonAfrica offers from 150MB to 1GB storage depending on you web hosting subscription package. Monthly traffic limit ranges between 1GB and unlimited traffic depending on your web hosting plan. You can pay in Naira.
Visit SignonAfrica web hosting site
AimTech
AimTech provides Domain Registration (for .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info,.com.ng, .net.ng, .biz.ng and a few more starting from N2,000 a year) and Web Hosting (Linux/Shared) with cPanel and features such as latest php & mysql, phpmyadmin, fantastico deluxe, email services, backup facilities, cron jobs, and much more.
Visit AimTech web hosting site
You can also check out the following links, they are all Nigerian web host and domain registration sites.
www.smartweb.com.ng
www.lagoshost.com
www.matthosting.net
www.nairahost.com
www.weblagos.com
www.registeram.com
www.nairadomains.com
www.9jahosting.com
www.mcreal.net
www.hihostnow.com.ng
www.wazohost.com
www.080nigeria.com
www.theexperthost.com
www.tridomainhost.com
www.qservers1.net
www.abimco.com
www.alireta.net
www.ceejayhost.com
Remember these are just lists of some web host and domain name registration companies in Nigeria, there are some which I may not have listed in this post. Most importantly is for you to know that they are not recommendation by me, but lists which you need to check out yourself.
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