HOSTAFRICA expands in West Africa with Webmanager.ng

HOSTAFRICA continues to grow, sharing news of another acquisition on LinkedIn. The company has been steadily increasing its presence across Africa, and this move shows its aim to lead the web hosting market. After buying Web4Africa earlier this year, HOSTAFRICA has now acquired Webmanager.ng, a fast-growing web hosting provider in Nigeria.

Permira completes acquisition of Squarespace for $7.2 Billion

Permira, a global investment firm, has completed its acquisition of website builder Squarespace in a deal worth $7.2 billion. This move takes Squarespace off the New York Stock Exchange, making it a private company again.

Public launch of the .MUSIC domain

The long-awaited public launch of the .MUSIC domain was officially announced through the registry’s social media channels. Earlier this year, in May, the registry had...

Identity Digital joins forces with Government of Anguilla to manage .AI domain

Identity Digital announced on their LinkedIn profile that they have entered into a significant partnership with the Government of Anguilla (GOA) to manage the .AI...

WHMCS hike costs for 2025

The rising prices and stagnation in platform development, with its owners seemingly ignoring the needs of the community, could lead to a greater loss of customers in the long term if a suitable alternative emerges, as demonstrated by users' experiments in attempting to move away from WHMCS.

cPanel and Plesk Panel raises prices again: what does this mean for hosting providers?

In the web hosting industry, frustration over cPanel's constant price increases is growing. Since 2019, cPanel has been raising its prices regularly, sometimes to the point where the cost of the license is higher than the cost of the server hardware. Does this mean users should start looking for alternatives?

Kolsquare joins team.blue

Quentin Bordage, CEO of Kolsquare, announced that the company is joining team.blue, a major tech group in Europe. This move is seen as an important milestone for the influencer marketing industry. He added that this partnership would help accelerate Kolsquare's growth and innovation.

The number of .ai domain registrations surpasses 500,000

The .ai domain, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, has reached a major milestone by surpassing half a million registrations. According to the latest data, as of October 1, 2024, there are 533,068 .ai domains registered.

Absolute Hosting acquires ZA Domains

Absolute Hosting, a web hosting company from South Africa, has announced the acquisition of ZA Domains, a company that specializes in registering .za domain names for websites in South Africa. ZA Domains has been providing these services for over 11 years, helping people and businesses get their domain names registered and managed.

WebPros and Vultr introduce WP Squared on Vultr Marketplace

WebPros, the company behind well-known hosting management platforms like cPanel and Plesk, has teamed up with Vultr, a global cloud infrastructure provider, to launch WP...

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