Afrihost is not a story of products, strategies or market-share, but a story of friendship and determination. Afrihost is the brainchild of best friends Gian Visser, Brendan Armstrong and Peter Meintjes, who had a dream of building a company, free of corporate shackles, that would delight their clients with excellent service and amazing products.
Afrihost Was Born!
Their vision was also to grow and nurture their employees to help them create this culture within their company. Along the way they found the missing piece to their plan, Greg Payne, who added his considerable experience and business savvy to create a perfect balance of strategy and innovation, which has made Afrihost the runaway success it is today.
Visser, Armstrong and Meintjes grew up together, having all attended the same school. While they each followed different academic paths, they shared a common passion for technology and the Internet. After embarking on their respective careers, they maintained a close relationship, and began tinkering with Linux Web Hosting in the late 90’s. After each individually establishing small startup companies, they decided to join forces and launch Afrihost, a Web Hosting and IT services company that reflected their personal values of service and product excellence - not driven by profit, but rather by client and employee satisfaction (which had often brought them in conflict with their former corporate employers).
“I’m most impressed with Afrihost’s accessibility and responsiveness.”
Oct 19, 2022
Director, Law Firm
Anonymous
Verified
Legal
Johannesburg, South Africa
1-10 Employees
Phone Interview
Verified
Afrihost provides IT support and consulting services for a law firm. They're also responsible for providing email hosting services for the client and their staff.
Afrihost continues to provide top-notch, timely IT and email hosting support for the client's needs, reducing downtime and helping them run their business processes more smoothly. The professional team is quick to respond and resolve issues that arise, making them a reliable partner.
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this
client over the phone. Below is an edited
transcript.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the director of a law firm.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Afrihost?
I wanted a more professional email that I could share with my staff.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
Afrihost provides me with email hosting services and IT consulting and support.
What is the team composition?
I’ve worked with IT specialists from Afrihost.
How did you come to work with Afrihost?
I found Afrihost through a referral.
How much have you invested with them?
I’ve spent somewhere under $10,000 so far.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in October 2019, and the engagement is ongoing.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Afrihost performs their tasks well and provides timely IT support as needed.
How did Afrihost perform from a project management standpoint?
Afrihost has performed well in terms of project management. They’re quick to respond and resolve issues that arise. For instance, I had an issue with my email today, and they were able to resolve it within just 15 minutes.
We typically communicate via phone calls.
What did you find most impressive about them?
I’m most impressed with Afrihost’s accessibility and responsiveness.
Are there any areas they could improve?
We had a communication issue when we first started working together, which made the initial part of the engagement a bit rocky. They’ve resolved this issue, and everything has been going smoothly since.
RATINGS
5.0
Quality
4.5
Service & Deliverables
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
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