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70.8 ms from Johannesburg

Cloud Servers for Rwanda

VPS hosting with measured routing to Kigali

Cloud and VPS hosting for Rwandan fintech, SaaS, and e-government platforms from our Johannesburg data centre. Mobile Money, card, PayPal, and 300+ cryptocurrencies supported.

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AMD EPYC

Processors

NVMe SSD

Storage

100 Gbps

Network

DDoS Protection

Included

2-Minute

Deployment

70.8 ms
Latency to Kigali
99.9%
Uptime SLA
24/7
Support
NVMe
SSD Storage

Cloud Optimised for Rwanda

Best-case minimum latency measured from our AFRICLOUD test nodes to AFRINIC-registered Rwandan networks. Kigali is our most-sampled Rwandan destination. For other Rwandan cities, verify from your own network via our Looking Glass at lg.africloud.com.

From Johannesburg

Kigali 70.8 ms
Ruhengeri 70.8 ms
Kigali (Kamahwa) 73.2 ms
Ndera 73.8 ms
Kigali (Remera) 84.6 ms

Cloud Server Plans

Choose the perfect plan for your needs. All plans include IPv6, full root access, and instant deployment.

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VM1

$20/month
$10 /month
Save $10/month
  • 1 vCPU
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 20 GB NVMe
  • 1 Gbps Network
  • 100 GB Transfer
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VM2

$40/month
$20 /month
Save $20/month
  • 1 vCPU
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 40 GB NVMe
  • 2 Gbps Network
  • 200 GB Transfer
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VM3

$60/month
$30 /month
Save $30/month
  • 2 vCPUs
  • 3 GB RAM
  • 60 GB NVMe
  • 3 Gbps Network
  • 300 GB Transfer
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VM4

$100/month
$50 /month
Save $50/month
  • 2 vCPUs
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 100 GB NVMe
  • 4 Gbps Network
  • 500 GB Transfer
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VM5

$140/month
$70 /month
Save $70/month
  • 3 vCPUs
  • 6 GB RAM
  • 140 GB NVMe
  • 5 Gbps Network
  • 700 GB Transfer
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VM6

$180/month
$90 /month
Save $90/month
  • 4 vCPUs
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 180 GB NVMe
  • 6 Gbps Network
  • 900 GB Transfer
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VM7

$240/month
$120 /month
Save $120/month
  • 6 vCPUs
  • 12 GB RAM
  • 240 GB NVMe
  • 7 Gbps Network
  • 1200 GB Transfer
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VM8

$320/month
$160 /month
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  • 8 vCPUs
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 320 GB NVMe
  • 8 Gbps Network
  • 1600 GB Transfer
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99.9% uptime
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Lisbon + Johannesburg DCs

Enterprise & Government

Managed Services for Rwanda

For Rwanda organisations that need more than a self-service VM. Managed private cloud, VPS fleets, dedicated servers, and geo-redundant backup from Lisbon and Johannesburg. One contract, one technical account owner, commercial terms that fit procurement.

Managed Private Cloud on dedicated AMD EPYC hardware
Managed VPS fleets with monitoring, patching, and response-time SLA
Enterprise backup and cross-region disaster recovery
Flexible commercial terms: purchase orders, invoicing, multi-year MSAs
Crypto Accepted

Pay with 300+ Cryptocurrencies

AFRICLOUD accepts over 300 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, Litecoin, and many more. Perfect for privacy-focused users and those without traditional banking access.

Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) USDT Litecoin (LTC) +200 more
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Mobile Money Accepted

Pay with Mobile Money

Buy a cloud server straight from your mobile wallet, no card, no bank account. You pay in your local mobile money currency, and we convert from your billing currency at daily exchange rates.

  • No card, no bank account. Pays straight from your phone
  • Pay in your local mobile money currency. We convert from your billing currency
  • Authorise the payment with a USSD prompt on your phone
Order with Mobile Money

Supported wallets in Rwanda

  • Airtel Money Live
  • MTN MoMo Live

Abroad? You can still use Mobile Money if you hold a wallet in one of the supported African countries.

Flexible Payment Methods

Explore our secure and diverse payment methods to ensure a seamless checkout experience tailored to your preferences.

Card Payments

Pay securely with globally accepted cards:

  • • Visa, Mastercard, Amex
  • • JCB, Diners Club, UnionPay

Digital Wallets

Fast payments with popular wallets:

  • • PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay
  • • Amazon Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay

Cryptocurrency

300+ cryptocurrencies accepted:

  • • Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT
  • • Litecoin, Monero, and more
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Frequently Asked Questions

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Why Choose AFRICLOUD?

Enterprise infrastructure designed for performance-critical workloads.

Powerful Hardware

Top-tier enterprise-grade server hardware with fast NVMe storage by default.

High-Performance Network

Direct connections to local IXPs with robust global IP transit providers.

Intuitive Dashboard

Highly intuitive and secure multilingual dashboard to manage all aspects of your virtual servers.

Flexible Options

Choose from AlmaLinux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, and more. Mount custom ISOs, enable two-factor authentication, and monitor bandwidth in real time.

Why Choose AFRICLOUD for Rwanda?

AFRICLOUD serves Rwandan businesses from our Johannesburg data centre, directly peered at NAP Africa with 580+ networks including Cloudflare, Hurricane Electric, Apple, Meta, and major regional carriers. Our measured best-case latency to Kigali is around 71 ms via Liquid Telecommunications Rwanda. Mobile Money is live for Rwanda, top up your Atlas account in Rwandan Francs via your local mobile-money rail directly at checkout.

AFRICLOUD serves Rwandan businesses from our Johannesburg data centre, directly peered at NAP Africa, the continent''s largest Internet Exchange Point, with 580+ networks exchanging traffic on-site. Our measured best-case latency from Johannesburg to Kigali is around 71 ms via Liquid Telecommunications Rwanda.

Rwanda has one of Africa''s most developed digital ecosystems relative to population size. The Kigali International Financial Centre attracts regional fintech HQs, e-government via the Irembo platform means an unusually high share of citizen services run through APIs, and Kigali''s startup density in SaaS, payment processing, and agtech is higher than most East African capitals. Our infrastructure is well-suited to these workload patterns, Tier-IV-equivalent DC reliability, enterprise NVMe storage, AMD EPYC processors, and a payment stack that removes friction for Rwandan businesses operating internationally.

Payment flexibility is the standout for Rwandan customers. Mobile Money is live for Rwanda, at checkout you can top up your Atlas billing account in Rwandan Francs via your local mobile-money rail, without needing an international bank card. This removes the main friction point for local fintech teams, civic-tech developers, and hospitality operators buying infrastructure abroad. For non-mobile-money payments we accept PayPal, major cards, and over 300 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, Litecoin, and Monero. Our Bitcoin VPS page lists every supported coin. Roughly a quarter of all AFRICLOUD orders settle in cryptocurrency, mainstream on our platform.

Our Rwandan customers typically run fintech backends aligned with the KIFC regulatory environment, e-government and civic-tech platforms that interoperate with Irembo-style service patterns, SaaS applications serving the East African Community market, agribusiness and export-coordination tooling (coffee, tea, horticulture are all significant), and tourism / hospitality booking platforms tied to Kigali conferences and gorilla-trekking operators. Kigali is our most-measured Rwandan destination; we also serve customers in Butare, Gitarama, Musanze, Rubavu, Nyamata and other Rwandan cities, use our Looking Glass to check live latency from your specific network.

For workloads that serve both Rwanda and European audiences, our Lisbon data centre is available as a second region. Lisbon-to-Kigali measured routing runs around 174 ms via MTN Rwandacell, meaningfully higher than the Johannesburg route for African-users-only workloads, but useful when your audience spans Rwanda and Europe, or when you need geographic redundancy for disaster recovery. For single-tenant dedicated servers (rather than self-service VPS), we handle those on a quote basis. VM1 through VM8 plans deploy in under two minutes after payment confirmation. Verify latency from your own network at our public Looking Glass before ordering.

Key Advantages for Rwandan Businesses

  • Measured best-case routing from our Johannesburg data centre to Kigali via Liquid Telecommunications Rwanda. Our lowest-latency path for Rwandan traffic
  • Lisbon as a second region: traffic from Lisbon to Kigali routes via MTN Rwandacell at around 174 ms, useful for European-facing workloads or disaster recovery
  • Mobile Money live for Rwanda, top up your Atlas account in Rwandan Francs (RWF) via your local mobile-money rail at checkout, no international card required
  • Alternative payments: PayPal, 300+ cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, Monero)
  • Enterprise NVMe storage and AMD EPYC processors on every VM1–VM8 plan
  • Automated deployment in under 2 minutes after payment confirmation

Common Use Cases in Rwanda

Fintech application backends (KIFC-based startups, payment-processing infrastructure)
E-government and civic-tech platforms aligned with Irembo-era digital-services patterns
SaaS platforms serving the East African Community market from a single deployment
Agribusiness and export-coordination tooling (coffee, tea, horticulture)
Tourism and hospitality booking platforms (gorilla trekking operators, Kigali conferences)
Development, staging, and CI/CD build environments for Kigali-based startup teams
AMD
EPYC Processors
NVMe
SSD Storage
ECC
High-Speed Memory
RAID
Data Protection

Enterprise-Grade Hardware

AFRICLOUD has invested in top-tier enterprise-grade server hardware in Johannesburg to deliver excellent cloud hosting with ultra-low latency to Rwanda.

  • Latest generation AMD EPYC processors for maximum compute power
  • Ultra-fast NVMe SSD storage for exceptional I/O performance
  • ECC memory ensuring data integrity and reliability

High-Performance Network

AFRICLOUD ensures ultra-low latency connectivity to Rwanda by maintaining direct connections to local IXPs and utilising robust global IP transit providers.

  • 100 Gbps network capacity with multiple tier-1 carriers
  • Direct peering with major African and global internet exchanges
  • Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses included with every server
  • Enterprise-grade DDoS protection at no additional cost
100
Gbps Network
70.8
ms to Rwanda
IPv4/6
Dual Stack
10+
Gbps DDoS Protection

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