South Africa · Nigeria · Portugal
Cloud Servers
Run where your users and clients are: Lagos, Johannesburg or Lisbon, on one account
Root access about 50 seconds after payment, driven from the dashboard or a public REST API with scoped keys. Private Networking, Floating IPs, Snapshots, Backups and Object Storage on the same account, on our own network, AS209179.
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Lagos
Nigeria and West Africa
~7 ms to Accra
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Johannesburg
Southern and East Africa
~12 ms to Harare
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Lisbon
North Africa, Europe, Brazil and parts of West Africa
~11 ms to Casablanca
Measured from each region; Lagos figures are measured from our new Lagos facility.
MANRS-aligned · RPKI · Peered with 850+ networks
Cloud Server Plans
Choose the perfect plan for your needs. All plans include IPv6, full root access and automated deployment in about two minutes.
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VM1
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GB RAM
- 20 GB NVMe
- 1 Gbps Network
- 1 TB Transfer
VM2
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 40 GB NVMe
- 2 Gbps Network
- 2 TB Transfer
VM3
- 2 vCPUs
- 3 GB RAM
- 60 GB NVMe
- 3 Gbps Network
- 3 TB Transfer
VM4
- 2 vCPUs
- 4 GB RAM
- 100 GB NVMe
- 4 Gbps Network
- 4 TB Transfer
VM5
- 3 vCPUs
- 6 GB RAM
- 140 GB NVMe
- 5 Gbps Network
- 5 TB Transfer
VM6
- 4 vCPUs
- 8 GB RAM
- 180 GB NVMe
- 6 Gbps Network
- 6 TB Transfer
VM7
- 6 vCPUs
- 12 GB RAM
- 240 GB NVMe
- 7 Gbps Network
- 7 TB Transfer
VM8
- 8 vCPUs
- 16 GB RAM
- 320 GB NVMe
- 8 Gbps Network
- 8 TB Transfer
* Included transfer is a soft cap: if you exceed it, network speed is reduced to 8 Mbps for the rest of the billing period. Your server stays online and there are no overage charges.
Technical Specifications
| Processors | Enterprise AMD EPYC |
| Storage | Enterprise NVMe SSD |
| Network | 1-8 Gbps per server, enforced per plan |
| Virtualisation | Hardware-isolated virtualisation |
| IPv4 | 1 dedicated public IPv4 per server |
| IPv6 | Native IPv6 included |
| DDoS Defence | Layered, at every network edge |
| OS Templates | Ubuntu 26.04/24.04/22.04 LTS, Debian 13/12, AlmaLinux 10.1/9.7/8.10, Rocky 10.1/9.7/8.10, Fedora 44 (VyOS on request) |
| One-Click Apps | WordPress, EasyPanel, Docker and GitLab (self-managed after install) |
| Console Access | Browser VNC console + SSH |
| Data Centres | Lisbon, Johannesburg and Lagos |
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Self-Serve Speed: From Payment to Root in Minutes
Order, pay and log in as root without waiting for anyone. Provisioning is fully automated, so your Cloud Server is online about 50 seconds after payment confirms, with its IPv4 and IPv6 addresses already assigned. Manage it from the dashboard, or from your own scripts through our public REST API.
- Online in about 50 seconds after payment, with no manual approval step.
- A public REST API with an OpenAPI spec at api.africloud.com/docs, which you can drive from your own scripts, CI pipelines and tooling.
- Scoped, IP-restricted API keys, created in the dashboard under Settings, API Keys. New to the API? Start with the API Reference guide.
- Pay by the hour or by the term: hourly billing from a prepaid wallet, chosen per resource in the dashboard; at checkout, terms run from monthly to three years.
- Full root access and one-click OS reinstall on Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Fedora, with no setup fee.
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Full Toolkit: Everything Around the Server
A Cloud Server is the start of the stack, not the whole of it. Private Networking, Floating IPs, Backups, storage and account security live in the same dashboard and on the same account, so you build the architecture you need without leaving the platform.
- VPC Private Networking and Floating IPs: set your own private address range, with private traffic between your servers in one location not billed; reserve IPv4 Floating IPs and move them between servers in the same region, by dashboard or API, for migrations and failover without DNS changes.
- Snapshots, Backups and Block Storage: up to five on-demand snapshots per server with one-click rollback, automated daily Backups with three restore points and self-service restore, and Block Storage volumes that grow online with no downtime and no detach.
- Object Storage: S3-compatible buckets in Lisbon, each with its own access key, that work with the S3 tools you already use.
- One-click apps: Docker, GitLab, EasyPanel and WordPress, installed for you and self-managed from then on.
- Security and teams: Cloud Firewall rules enforced beneath the operating system, app-based two-factor authentication with recovery codes, team accounts with owner, admin, member and billing roles, and an activity log of every action on your server and account.
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Network Depth: Our Own Network, AS209179
Your Cloud Server runs on AFRICLOUD's own network, AS209179, in Lisbon, Johannesburg (South Africa) and Lagos. We exchange traffic directly with more than 850 networks at six internet exchanges, more than 500 of them African.
- Directly peered with 850+ networks at six internet exchanges, across 80+ countries.
- Dual-stack on every server: a public IPv4 address and native IPv6 included.
- Bring your own IP space: a BGP session to your Cloud Server, free of charge during the pilot, in Lisbon (Johannesburg and Lagos on request). How it works.
- Routing security you can check: RPKI origin validation with invalid routes rejected, IRR records registered, BCP38 anti-spoofing, and MANRS-aligned, implementing all four MANRS actions.
- Layered DDoS defence at every edge: real-time flood and traffic-anomaly detection, strict anti-spoofing and amplification filtering. Measured latency for every African country we reach is on our network page, and you can test any region from the public Looking Glass before you buy.
- Live network status for each region, Lisbon, Johannesburg and Lagos, on our support page.
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Why Cloud Servers?
Full Root Access
Complete control over your server with full root SSH access. Install any software, configure any service, and manage your environment exactly as you need.
Browser VNC Console
Access your server directly from the browser via our built-in web console. No SSH client needed for initial setup or emergency access.
Firewall Management
Manage Cloud Firewall rules for each server from the dashboard. They are enforced at platform level, beneath the operating system, so a compromised server cannot switch them off.
Snapshots & Backups
Capture your server state with on-demand snapshots (up to 5 per server, one-click rollback). Add automated daily backups with three restore points and one-click self-service restore.
Resize On Demand
Move to a larger plan from the dashboard as your needs grow. The price is shown and charged before the change applies, and it takes effect after a quick reboot. Disks grow but never shrink.
IPv4 + IPv6
Every server includes a dedicated public IPv4 address and full IPv6 support. Add Floating IPs for migrations and failover.
Full API Control
Manage servers with scoped, IP-restricted API keys. Our public REST API is documented as an OpenAPI spec at api.africloud.com/docs, so you can drive it from your own scripts and tooling. New to it? Start with the API Reference guide.
Team Access & Account Security
Invite team members with role-based access (owner, admin, member, billing), protect the account with app-based two-factor authentication, and schedule servers to power on and off automatically.
Drive It From Your Own Scripts
Create a scoped, IP-restricted API key in the dashboard under Settings, API Keys, then call the public REST API. List the Cloud Servers on your account, then reboot one:
curl https://api.africloud.com/v1/vms \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICLOUD_API_KEY"
curl -X POST https://api.africloud.com/v1/vms/$SERVER_ID/actions/reboot \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICLOUD_API_KEY"Both requests are taken from the public OpenAPI spec, which also covers Snapshots, Backups, Cloud Firewall rules, resizing and power schedules.
Built For
Web Hosting & WordPress
Run WordPress on a Cloud Server you control. NVMe storage ensures fast page loads, and full root access lets you configure Nginx, caching, and CDN integration.
- One-click WordPress install
- NVMe storage for fast page loads
- Full root access for custom configurations
- Scale resources as traffic grows
Development & CI/CD
Spin up development environments in minutes. Use our API for automated provisioning in your CI/CD pipeline. Destroy and recreate as needed.
- API-driven provisioning
- OS templates and one-click apps
- Isolated development environments
- Fast iteration with snapshots
SaaS Applications
Run your SaaS platform on infrastructure designed for reliability. Add Block Storage for your database, Floating IPs for failover, and VPC for internal services.
- Resize as your user base grows
- Add Block Storage for databases
- Private networking for internal services
- Multi-currency billing for global teams
Game Servers
Low latency to Africa and Europe from our strategically located data centres. NVMe storage for fast I/O and layered DDoS defence at every edge.
- Measured latency to every African country, published on our network page
- NVMe for fast world loading
- Layered DDoS defence at every edge
- Full root access for custom configs
Works With
Block Storage
Attach additional NVMe volumes for databases and media files.
Floating IPs
Reserve IPv4 addresses and move them between servers in the same region, for migrations and failover without DNS changes.
VPC
Connect servers on private networks for secure internal traffic.
Backups
Automated daily backups with three restore points and self-service restore.
DNS
Manage DNS zones on nameservers in Lisbon and Johannesburg.
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