---
title: "CloudAfrica: Cloud Servers, Storage and Backups"
description: "Deploy SA-hosted VMs in under 5 minutes. From R0.15/hour (R88/month ex VAT); add CPU R42/vCPU, RAM R32/GiB, storage R1.60/GiB."
canonical_url: "https://liners.com/cloudafrica"
markdown_url: "https://liners.com/cloudafrica.md"
type: "product"
language: "en"
image: "https://assets.liners.com/storage/v1/object/public/media/tools/cloudafrica/screenshot.webp?v=1774437481288"
published_at: "2026-03-25T12:28:54.503Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-18T03:01:04.376Z"
---

# CloudAfrica: Cloud Servers, Storage and Backups

Deploy SA-hosted VMs in under 5 minutes. From R0.15/hour (R88/month ex VAT); add CPU R42/vCPU, RAM R32/GiB, storage R1.60/GiB.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Developer Tools & Cloud](/categories/developer-tools-cloud)
- [CloudAfrica](/cloudafrica)

## Summary

Locally hosted cloud servers and storage priced in rands.

A South Africa-based IaaS platform for African businesses, developers, and MSPs to deploy virtual machines, storage, backups, and secure private networks.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://cloudafrica.net/ |
| Tagline | Locally hosted cloud servers and storage priced in rands. |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

CloudAfrica is a South Africa-based **cloud infrastructure (IaaS)** provider for Africa-based businesses, developers, and managed service providers that need locally hosted compute, storage, and secure networking.

Key capabilities include:
- **Cloud Compute**: deploy **scalable virtual machines** with fast provisioning (servers can be created in under five minutes)
- **Storage options**: **SSD NVMe block storage**, **HDD-based S3-compatible object storage**, and **NFS storage**, available with or independent of VMs
- **Backup & recovery**: **Backup as a Service** for data backup, VM replication, and rapid recovery
- **Networking & security**: **Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)**, **Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)**, and **advanced firewalls** enabled by default on servers

Available via **Web dashboard** (app.cloudafrica.net) and **API**.

Target users include Africa-based **SMBs and enterprises**, **developers**, and **MSPs**, including **retailers** and **financial institutions**.

Notable for its focus on **locally hosted infrastructure in South Africa** with **pricing in South African rands**, plus published **case studies** in its Knowledge Centre. The platform has also announced **H200-powered GPU instances** as coming soon for AI and ML workloads.

## Features

- [Developer Tools & Cloud](/categories/developer-tools-cloud): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Cloud & Web Hosting](/tags/cloud-hosting): Product feature or technology
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/cloudafrica/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/cloudafrica/reviews)
- [Transparency](/cloudafrica/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/cloudafrica)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)