A screenshot of Alireta's website notifies customers of the acquisition
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Web4Africa (www.web4africa.net) recently announced that it has acquired the web host and domain registration services of Alireta Nigeria Limited (www.anl.com.ng).
At the end of last year, Web4Africa acquired another Nigerian-based web host, Nairahost.
Founded in March 2003, Alireta offered domain registration and web hosting services to residents of Nigeria at low prices, according to the press release. Orignally named DomainStandard.net, the company was rebranded to Alireta in May 2008.
With the acquisition, Web4Africa will have an additional 559 clients who own 458 domains, 295 shared hosting accounts and 19 resller hosting accounts. These additions will bring the total number of Web4Africa customers to 13,600.
“We have solid plans for 2011 that when executed, would move us further up the ladder in the international domains and web hosting marketplace. This acquisition brings us closer to our plans,” Oluniyi Ajao, founder and managing director of Web4Africa said in a statement.
Web4Africa says it will offer its new customers over international domain extensions at lower prices and more flexible web hosting plans.
“Alireta and Web4Africa are two of the longest standing web hosts in West Africa. We also have a long history of partnership, and we are confident that both Alireta clients’ accounts and my own personal and business accounts are in the best hands possible on the continent,” Yomi Adegboye, founder and CEO of Alireta said in a statement. “This transfer of Alireta’s web hosting and domain services to Web4Africa will see our clients enjoy even better world-class support and lower prices. In the meantime, Alireta Nigeria Limited will continue to provide the excellent web design services that we are known for at a new domain, www.anl.com.ng. But my primary focus from now will be in pursuing more exciting opportunities in the mobile and telecoms sector as a consultant, speaker, and as editor of Mobility Nigeria.”
Africa will be more connected once the project announced in April by SEACOM and Interoute is completed. The project involves the design, deployment and operation of nine land-based Internet access points to connect the SEACOM subsea cable to the broadband fiber networks of East and South Africa. According to the statement, the SEACOM Internet access points are located in France, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and will eventually expand to Uganda and Rwanda as well.
“Currently, all Internet traffic to East Africa is routed via Europe, leaving the region exposed to data losses if any of the land-based or submarine section of the system is damaged,” Interoute said in a statement. “The new network will provide alternative routing via Asia as well as local routing, enabling local network continuity in the event of outages in the Mediterranean or Middle East.”
According to Global IT firm Datatec Group, strong economic growth is anticipated for many African countries, but growth in IT markets lag behind other emerging markets because they are still focused on infrastructure development. The firm claims that demand for IT related services in Africa is expected to pick up by 2013.
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