Draft:Webafrica

Webafrica is a South African-based Internet service provider (ISP) that provides fibre and fixed LTE services.

The company is privately-owned and was the first ISP in the country to move fully remote.

History
Webafrica was founded by Matthew Tagg in August 1997 in Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2017 Webafrica also opened a Johannesburg office but the company was the first ISP in the country to move fully remote in May 2022. The Cape Town offices closed in 2022 and the Johannesburg office followed in February 2023.

In 2011 Tagg left for Silicon Valley leaving Webafrica in the hands of Tim Wyatt-Gunning (known for founding and heading Storm Telecoms). In June 2020, Wyatt-Gunning stepped down as CEO and was replaced by former Mweb CEO, Sean Nourse. Wyatt-Gunning still serves as one of the board members of Webafrica.

In October 2023, Webafrica officially acquired one of the largest and South African Internet Service Providers, Mweb, from (Dimension Data). Mweb was also founded in 1997 making the sale significant as the two oldest ISPs in South Africa are now joining forces. Mweb was previously owned by companies such as (Internet Solutions) and (Naspers).

Company structure
Webafrica is privately owned and has a small board and a shareholder group. Board members have all been founders/CEOs of successful businesses, locally and internationally including: Storm Telecom, Teraco, Smartcom, Host Europe Group.

Products
Webafrica has partnerships with over 25 fibre infrastructure providers, such as Openserve, Vumatel, MetroFibre and Vodacom Fibre. The ISP also provides services on the Telkom and MTN Fixed LTE networks, with a focus on uncapped LTE service since 2023. They no longer sell ADSL or Naked ADSL products as it is unreliable and slowly being phased out in South Africa but used to be one of the major providers of the DSL services in the country.The focus of the company is now to get as many South Africans connected to Fibre internet as possible and if that is not possible, the next best option: Fixed LTE.