Afrihost Reviews 

The worst experience I ever had. Been using the service for almost a month. Wifi constantly down. Cannot get hold of the service provider telephonically or via wats apps. Definitely cancelling the service and moving to another service provider. Please do not consider Afrihost as they are unresponsive, not available and over charging before the service even start. Consider other service providers this is the worst one in Johannesburg.

I’ve been struggling for two days to get my new account unblocked. Customer service keeps giving the same generic answers like “please email security@afrihost” or “please wait for a response.” There’s no effort to actually resolve the issue, no follow-through, and no ownership. Everything ends with “we can’t help you, please wait,” which makes it feel like the problem is just being left to solve itself.

Afrihost told me there would not be any problem to get going with a fibre package if I wanted a paus. After 3 months I register myself to the same monthly package but they send me a map over the next door town Kalk Bay telling me the adress is there! instead of Fishhoek even though they have the correct adress and the same adress as before they pin it in the wrong town and tell me that there is now fibre there. They tell me too take photos of the router and box as if they lost all my details even though I still have an account with them and I can log in. They can see the fibre package I had is the same as before but still they lost all other data, unbelivable. This should be easy to reconnect! If you are not living in the apartement for a while it should be easy to take a pause instead they are making a big hazel.

Today I decided to cancel my services with Afrihost. I signed up for their Fixed LTE unlimited uncapped package on 23 April 2024 after making sure there would be no speed throttling or limiting, since I rely on real time cloud sync for work.

Since then Afrihost has changed their wireless services terms and conditions four times without once notifying me in plain and direct language. No email, no call, no WhatsApp. My speed dropped so badly that I cannot work properly anymore. When I asked about it, I was told the updates are only posted on their Client Interface. Honestly, nobody checks that interface every month, and I was basically told it was my fault for not monitoring it.

For the record, I tracked the changes myself: 29 April 2024, 24 January 2025, 28 February 2025 and 9 July 2025. That is four changes in just over a year with no direct notification.

I do not recommend this company to anyone who expects transparency. I will also be taking this up with the CPA and NCC as I believe this practice is unfair to consumers.

No connectivity no spedd 6 days no solution each time a new agent asking same thing and nothing is working saty away from this company

Worst service ever. I have 5 companies and decided to move one of them to Afrihost as they have a data service that most other hosting companies dont have. I have had endless problems from the start. Whatsapp agent don't know much and tell you things that is not true, as an IT company we know a lot. Something went wrong with access to our web site and when contacting support after a ticket was logged before. I was bluntly just told the hosting techs are offsite. So, to hell with the client and their site that is not working. Tomorrow is another day. And then the CEO doesn't even respond or assist. Pathetic service and would strongly not recommend them at all. Just look at all their reviews.

They mislead you about their packages, and once they take your money, you don’t receive what you asked for. When you try to resolve the issue, they’re full of excuses and refuse to refund you. This is the worst service and hosting company I’ve ever dealt with.
They claim calls are recorded, but when you request a copy, it’s suddenly unavailable. Their typical response? “The issue is closed.”
Don’t waste your money. There are far better hosting providers out there that offer excellent service and actually assist you with your concerns. Definitely not Afrihost.

4 days of no internet. Told me to buy a new router. Still not working, wasted money on buying a new router as advised by them, but the router was never the problem. Countless hours on WhatsApp chat trying to resolve this. Now telling me it's an area problem. Making their internal processes my problem. Sifiso Maphanga refusing to log a call with Vuma because my laptop doesn't have a LAN port. Absolute nonsense, making their internal processes my problems and refusing to help. Asked to escalate to Team Leader Flossie Phalanyenje, she does not want to help or talk to me.

I upgraded my fibre line to 100/50 since June through Afrihost (Vuma line), and since then, it’s been a nightmare. My speeds have been far below what I’m paying for – the most recent test showed 26.67 Mbps download and 4.01 Mbps upload. I’ve logged multiple tickets, and every time I’m told a technician will come out… but no one ever arrives. Instead, the tickets keep getting marked as “resolved” without any visit to my property.

What’s worse is that I was repeatedly told that a LAN cable should’ve been provided, only to later be told by a manager that Afrihost doesn’t provide one at all. The manager completely dismissed my concerns, showed zero empathy, and told me I must just go buy my own cable. When I asked to escalate further, his response was, “Sure, maybe then you would listen.” Incredibly condescending and unprofessional.

I’m not asking for special treatment, I’m simply trying to get the service I’ve paid for, and the support experience has been frustrating, inconsistent, and frankly, insulting. I’m starting a new job that requires a reliable connection, and this entire situation has caused unnecessary stress.

Really disappointed. Afrihost used to be reliable, but this experience has left me seriously questioning whether they care about their customers at all.

If there is a 0 rating this company will get it. They have no service delivery and clients has to deal with the problems they need to sort with their subcontractors or service providers. There is no compensation for internet services down and a free router will get charged for R999.00 if cancel after you order after waiting more than a month and wasting work time and airtime communicating with them.. a fee must be paid before you get router but they'll want their router back before return payment, Absolutely no compensation, Afrihost very bad service, not service providers, service providers to subcontractors who can't communicate with their subcontractors correctly or at all

I have been assisted a great deal at Afrihost by all that I have been connected to from day 1 plus they assisted me in Migrating my line from my previous ISP with a seamless process. I would like to extend my heart filled thanks to these employees from Palesa my first person to chat to about the packages, Kate, Lerato, Rudzani, Phillip at accounts, Fezile B at accounts, Celeste at installation department, Thamo at installation department and Lee Ann at accounts. I appreciate you all for the way teamwork is in your culture. Ladies and gentlemen at Afrihost I appreciate you. I completely understand the long waits however I am happy to have you doing the level of customer service that truly satisfies all my needs. Thank you, Afrihost, for having so many channels that you are contactable, from a landline to callbacks even on the weekend and I am able to call you at the toll-free number plus there is Whatsapp Business. I would recommend your Fibre to all who work from home as there is peace of mind especially with the MAX-UPTIME product that covers you in the event that your TP-LINK loses connection, the LTE router acts as a FAILOVER which we remote workers need to stay on the ethernet cable at all times. God Bless you All.

I got recommended by a friend to use there services and decided to trust them and signed up the next day. After a year of waiting they gave us access. I asked if my Fibre lines would connect as I thought that was the reason I had to wait a year cause ours didnt pair. I asked to confirm if that was the case and I was assisted. They told me it would work. When I tried to set up my router I had issue after issue. After a month I was told that my Fibre lines actually don't work with afrihost and needed to install different ones. This would have cost me a lot and I decided to cancel. When I cancelled I found out that I needed to wait 3 months before it would officially cancel. I had to pay for the month I had no internet because I was fed misinformation and then had to pay 3 more months. These people are just money hungry. My previous isp canceled me within days and let me send the router back instead of paying for it.

Worst experience ever! You won’t get anywhere with support and they made over 7 promises to rectify the situation before going completely quiet.

The wifi went off on Wednesday called afrihost told us there is a dead port on WI Fi rooter they will convey the problem to openserv because the fault is on their side was phoned by openserv and fault is not on their side afrihost must sort it out I tried the WhatsApp route got a lady Nonhle S said she will send a technician phoned Afrihost spoke to David was just said they will look into the problem nothing was done phoned on Friday spoke to Thabang which he said the ticket was closed my problem were solved, after losing my cool he said he was going to phone Telkom after an hour he phoned and the wifi was back on only for 2 hours and no wifi again so phoned Afrihost and back to square 1 it's a openserve problem and still without wifi😠

So not only have they been delaying my order but they keep lying and making excuses about it. Like why not just be transparent and honest about what is actually happening? Also why am I the one that has to constantly follow you to do your job?! Don’t even get me started on the fact that I’m the one who placed the order and paying for the services for MY APARTMENT but being lied to and kept in the dark on the progress of the order yet they are being honest with my partner despite the man not even living here! Like is it that difficult to pick up the phone or send me an email and just explain the situation? Why I thought they would be better than any other provider is beside me.

Terminated my contract with no warning or reason after being with them for 2 and a half years and conveniently over a weekend so I would be out of internet as well and not be able to find someone else to provide me with internet.

Fraudsters doubled billed me for top up data..they intentionally throttle yiur network to struggle. Avoid at all costs..I'm glad I cancel my service..one of the worst service providers...I will never use them ever again...

Sassy Network Provider
By far the sassiest company I've ever seen. I was applying for one of their Pure LTE services and they blocked my account saying I need to contact security department and they provided me with an email address.

From there onwards it was all backed up by rude and vague emails.
They wasted 3 weeks of my time whereas they could have just spared me the nonsense and cut the chase.

Afrihost – Extremely Disappointed with AirMobile Support

I’ve been a loyal Afrihost customer since 2013, but my recent experience with their AirMobile division has been nothing short of frustrating. I’ve been trying to do a simple eSIM swop to a physical SIM for weeks now due to a broken device — yet the process has become a nightmare.

Despite clearly providing my address in the email (which they claimed was missing), my message was ignored. When I resent the same email, there was no acknowledgment or admission of their oversight. I even agreed to pay the applicable swop fee, but after that — complete silence. No SIM card. No response. No service.

To make matters worse, it now seems they’ve issued a new eSIM instead of the physical SIM I specifically requested — defeating the entire purpose of this long and painful process.

This level of service is unacceptable. Communication is poor, accountability is lacking, and the client support feels non-existent. Sadly, after more than a decade with Afrihost, I’m now seriously considering switching providers.

What a disaster dealing with Lerato T via WhatsApp chat, poor customer consult etiquette. Lack of product knowledge. I am disgusted in the service received! Definitely not recommending anyone to use this service.