{"id":828786,"date":"2025-07-07T07:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=828786"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:26:09","slug":"afrihost-receives-2025-mybroadband-award-for-best-hosting-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/828786\/afrihost-receives-2025-mybroadband-award-for-best-hosting-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"Afrihost receives 2025 MyBroadband Award for Best Hosting Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Afrihost won the prestigious 2025 MyBroadband Award for Best Hosting Provider in South Africa, and was recently presented with a trophy in recognition of this accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gian Visser, the CEO of Afrihost, accepted the award at their offices in Sandton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrihost.com\/?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_medium=BusinessTech&amp;utm_term=July+2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about Afrihost\u2019s offerings.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual MyBroadband Awards are given to the most successful businesses in South Africa\u2019s ICT sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These awards are highly respected within the local technology industry thanks to the comprehensive research and testing that goes into selecting the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates are chosen based on their range of offerings, the impact of their products and services on their clients, and the quality of their solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners are South African ICT businesses that stand above their competitors in their respective categories \u2013 and Afrihost did so in the hosting sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-Afrihost-Best-Hosting-Provider-2025-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599373\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Afrihost CEO Gian Visser with the MyBroadband trophy for 2025 Best Hosting Provider.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking the 2025 Hosting Provider of the Year title is a first for Afrihost, but it has been crowned the ISP of the Year three years running \u2013 including in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shows an ongoing history of success for Afrihost in South Africa\u2019s broadband market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afrihost was founded in 1999 at a time when website hosting in South Africa was prohibitively expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It launched with a game-changing domain and hosting package priced at just R150 per month, undercutting the cheapest solutions by around R400 and kickstarting a new era of local digital entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That bold move helped popularise web hosting across the country and laid the foundation for Afrihost\u2019s reputation as a leader in the space \u2013 a reputation that has now been reaffirmed with the 2025 Hosting Provider of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning the 2025 Hosting Provider of the Year award is not just about performance metrics \u2013 it reflects deep trust from users, a commitment to continuous improvement, and a strong local legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afrihost\u2019s victory this year is both a celebration of where it began and a sign of where it\u2019s headed \u2013 continuing to empower South Africans to build, grow, and connect online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrihost.com\/?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_medium=BusinessTech&amp;utm_term=July+2025\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"283061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about Afrihost\u2019s offerings.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4-Afrihost-Award-Lineup-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599372\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Visser with the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Best ISP Awards, as well as the 2025 Best Hosting Provider Award.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prestigious 2025 MyBroadband Award for Best Hosting Provider in South Africa has been awarded to 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