Johannesburg
South Africa · Southern & East Africa
Reach Southern and East African users, on the same account.
Deploy in JohannesburgMalawi
Blantyre at 34 ms from Johannesburg, cloud servers deployed in minutes
AS209179 · IPv4 + IPv6 on every server
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Deploy · Malaŵi
For Malawi users, Johannesburg is the fastest of our three regions. Each region is fast to the market it serves, and every one runs the same plans at the same price, so you can deploy in one or run across all three from a single account.
South Africa · Southern & East Africa
Reach Southern and East African users, on the same account.
Deploy in JohannesburgNigeria · West Africa
West African reach
Reach Nigeria and West Africa in-region from Lagos.
Add LagosPortugal · Europe & the Americas
European reach and EU law
Serve European customers, or hold a second copy under EU law, from Lisbon.
Add LisbonEach figure is best-case measured latency from that region to a representative city in the market it serves. The city-by-city table below compares every region to every destination, or check any route on our Looking Glass. Real-world latency varies with your carrier and may be 10 to 30 percent higher. Compute, storage and pricing are identical in every region.
Best-case round-trip times from our regions, from our own continent-wide measurements. Real-world latency typically runs 10 to 30 per cent higher.
| City | Johannesburg (ms) Your region | Lisbon (ms) | Lagos (ms) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilongwe | 30.9 | 168.7 | 118.6 |
| Blantyre | 34.0 | 172.6 | 114.1 |
| Blantyre (Mandala) | 35.9 | – | – |
3 cities measured · All three regions, every measured city · Check the path yourself
Enterprise & Government
For Malaŵi organisations that need more than a self-service VM. Managed private cloud, VPS fleets, dedicated servers, and geo-redundant backup from Lisbon, Johannesburg and Lagos. One contract, one technical account owner, commercial terms that fit procurement.
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AFRICLOUD serves Malawian businesses from our Johannesburg region, the closer of our regions to Blantyre and Lilongwe and a low-latency route to both, with Lisbon available on the same account for European reach. Measured figures for both cities are in the table below.
AFRICLOUD delivers cloud and VPS hosting to Malawian businesses from our Johannesburg data centre, connected to NAP Africa with bilateral peering to major regional carriers. For workloads serving Malawian users, Johannesburg is the better first region, and both Blantyre and Lilongwe sit comfortably inside the range where a web application feels responsive.
NVMe storage and AMD EPYC processors across every VM1 through VM8 plan ensure consistent performance. Payment methods include international bank cards, PayPal, and over 300 cryptocurrencies, useful for Malawian businesses that face restrictions on international card payments. Verify live latency from your own network via our public Looking Glass before ordering.
AFRICLOUD has invested in top-tier enterprise-grade server hardware in Johannesburg to deliver excellent cloud hosting with ultra-low latency to Malawi.
AFRICLOUD ensures ultra-low latency connectivity to Malawi by maintaining direct connections to local IXPs and utilising robust global IP transit providers.
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