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Nigerian web hosting company GO54 formerly known as WhoGoHost has been acquired by South African HOSTAFRICA.
The acquisition, announced on January 14, 2025, would position HOST AFRICA as one of the foremost hosting companies in Nigeria.
Since its founding as Cloud Machine in 2008, HOST AFRICA had been strategically expanding its footprint in Africa, according to TechPoint News.
In 2017, a year after acquiring VPS Networks, it rebranded as HOST AFRICA.
The company said its latest acquisition would integrate GO54’s local expertise with HOSTAFRICA’s broader network and promises customers better and more advanced hosting services.
This acquisition comes just one year after GO54 renamed itself WhoGoHost in 2007, the year it was founded by Opeyemi Awoyemi, a student at Obafemi Awolowo University at the time.
The company has now grown to become one of the largest Nigerian web hosting companies with a reported 20 percent market share.
HOST AFRICA would now take on the company’s over 100,000 customers.
Michael Osterloh, Chief Executive Officer of HOSTAFRICA, said “We are thrilled to welcome GO54 to the HOSTAFRICA family officially. This partnership has been carefully planned with the GO54 team. We are eager to work together to elevate the hosting experience for customers in Nigeria and beyond.”
This would be HOST AFRICA’s 11th acquisition since it was founded in 2009 and every year since 2019, it acquired a web hosting company until 2021 when it acquired DomainKing to enter the Nigerian market.
Besides acquisitions, HOST AFRICA had also absorbed some hosting companies into its network
Meanwhile, GO54 also had one acquisition to its belt and in September 2023, it acquired SendChamp to expand its customer value offerings.
The acquisition was done to transform GO54 from a provider of domains and hosting infrastructure to a diverse digital services platform focusing on online presence, communication, domains, and online commerce produce.
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