A proposed merger with Cool Ideas, another ISP, has been approved by regulators.

[1] The company was established in 2000 by CEO Gian Visser,[2] Brendan Armstrong and Peter Meintjes, who were later joined by Greg Payne (former COO of Internet Solutions).

Originally a web hosting and general IT services company, the firm joined the broadband market in 2009.

[3] Dean Suchard, formerly CFO of Dimension Data, joined the board as Financial Director in 2016.

[11][12] In 2017, Afrihost won various industry awards for its Fibre and ADSL offerings, as well as for its customer care.