AFRICLOUD Now Accepts Mobile Money for Cloud Hosting

You can now pay for an AFRICLOUD cloud server directly from a mobile wallet. The new Mobile Money checkout is live today for customers in Benin, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia.

For the first time, a developer in Kampala, a startup in Dakar, or an entrepreneur in Cotonou can spin up a VPS without needing a card that works for international charges. You pay from the same wallet you use for airtime, groceries, and taxi fares. We take care of the rest.

Why Mobile Money

Across sub-Saharan Africa, more people hold mobile money accounts than traditional bank accounts. Over 856 million registered mobile money accounts are active in the region. This is the rail people already trust for remittances, utility bills, and day-to-day payments. Until now, cloud hosting was one of the few places it did not reach. That changes today.

Adding Mobile Money is about meeting customers where they are. Not everyone holds a card that works for cross-border charges, and not everyone wants to use one. Mobile Money opens a route to high-performance infrastructure that matches the way Africans already pay.

How it works

The checkout flow is deliberately short:

1. Choose your VPS plan on our order page.
2. Select Mobile Money as your payment method.
3. Enter the phone number linked to your mobile wallet.
4. A USSD prompt or STK push arrives on your phone. Authorise the payment with your PIN.
5. Your server is provisioned automatically once the payment is confirmed.

You pay in your local mobile money currency (Ugandan shillings, CFA francs, Rwandan francs, and so on), and we convert from your account's billing currency (USD, EUR, GBP, ZAR, or NGN) at daily exchange rates. There is no separate mobile money surcharge on top of the server price.

Where it works today

Eleven countries are live as of today. Here is the breakdown of supported wallets:

Diaspora and cross-border use

You do not have to be physically in Africa to pay this way. If you are living abroad but still hold a mobile money wallet in one of the supported countries (for example, a Ugandan MTN MoMo account you top up from overseas), you can use it to pay for a VPS at AFRICLOUD. This is useful for diaspora customers hosting sites aimed at the African market and for agencies that manage infrastructure on behalf of local clients.

The reverse also works: a customer in one supported country can pay for services delivered anywhere. Our data centres are in Lisbon and Johannesburg, but the payment rail and the hosting location are independent.

Alongside your existing options

Mobile Money joins our existing payment methods. It does not replace them. Customers can continue to pay with:

• Credit and debit cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, UnionPay, and more.
• PayPal: includes buyer protection.
• Cryptocurrency: 300+ coins including Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, Litecoin, and Monero.

When you check out from one of the eleven live countries, Mobile Money appears alongside the other methods. Pick whichever works best for you.

Rolling out, not standing still

Mobile Money is the latest addition to our payment options, following cryptocurrency in early 2026 and continued work on card acceptance. The aim is simple: make it possible for anyone, anywhere on the continent, to buy high-performance cloud infrastructure without the payment step being the hardest part.

If you are in one of the eleven live countries today, you can place an order right now. If your country is not on the live list, drop us a note so we can flag your interest as we evaluate further markets.

Order a VPS with Mobile Money →

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