HoganHost grows global domain portfolio with nine new ccTLD accreditations

HoganHost has quietly been building something that most African hosting companies have not attempted at this scale: direct accreditation with international domain registries that removes the middlemen and gives customers faster, more affordable access to globally recognized domain extensions.

The Nigerian-founded company recently secured accreditation for nine country-code top-level domains, covering .ME, .AI, .PR, .VC, .AG, .LC, .BZ, .SC, and .MU. For a company that started as a local hosting provider, that list represents a meaningful step into international domain infrastructure rather than simply reselling access through third-party registrars.

Among the nine extensions, .AI stands out for obvious reasons. Demand for that domain has climbed sharply alongside the growth of AI companies and tech startups globally, making direct accreditation in that space particularly well-timed. .ME continues to attract personal brands, founders, and independent creators who want something more distinctive than a generic .com or .org.

Direct registry accreditation changes the practical experience for customers in several ways. Provisioning moves faster, pricing becomes more competitive, and technical control over domain management improves considerably. For startups and developers who need to move quickly when registering domains, those differences add up over time.

HoganHost already holds accreditations with major African registry authorities across Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa, which gives it an unusually broad footprint across the continent’s domain infrastructure. The international accreditations extend that reach without abandoning the regional foundation the company built first.

Joseph Effiok Hogan, the company’s founder and CEO, described the expansion as part of a longer-term goal of connecting African businesses to global digital opportunities directly rather than through layers of intermediaries. Co-Founder Atim Hogan added that the accreditations strengthen the company’s ability to serve a global customer base while keeping its service standards consistent with what it built in Africa.

The expansion also coincides with the integration of ZuumHost into HoganHost’s operations, which is expected to strengthen its cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity service delivery alongside the domain portfolio.

Africa has produced regional hosting leaders before. Fewer have made a serious run at international infrastructure accreditation. HoganHost is making that run now.