🇰🇪 Kenyan-Born & Operated Since 2015

We Are Kenya's
Most Trusted Host

Founded in Nairobi. Built for Kenyan businesses. Powered by a team that answers the phone, speaks Swahili, and accepts M-Pesa. Trusted by 5,000+ customers across East Africa.

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Since 2015

10+ Years Serving Kenya

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Customers

5,000+ Active

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Payments

M-Pesa Accepted

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KENIC

Accredited Registrar

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SLA

99.9% Uptime

5,000+

Customers Served

99.9%

Uptime SLA

10+

Years in Business

24/7

Kenyan Support

Our Story

Why We Built HostGuru

Founded in Nairobi in 2015, HostGuru set out to solve one simple but frustrating problem: why do Kenyan businesses have to pay in USD for web hosting when they earn in KES?

We built a hosting company that speaks your language — literally. Our support team is based in Nairobi, our prices are quoted in Kenyan Shillings, and we accept M-Pesa. No foreign exchange surprises, no hidden renewal fees, no call centres thousands of miles away.

Today, we power over 5,000 Kenyan businesses — from solo entrepreneurs registering their first .co.ke domain, to enterprises running dedicated servers with us. Our mission remains the same: make world-class hosting accessible to every Kenyan business.

🏠 Nairobi HQ 💳 KES Pricing 📱 M-Pesa 🇰🇪 KENIC Accredited 💬 English & Swahili

Our Journey

2015

HostGuru Founded

Two Nairobi engineers frustrated by USD-only hosting launch HostGuru — Kenya's first KES-native web host with M-Pesa support.

2016

cPanel Partner

Became an authorised cPanel hosting partner, bringing enterprise-grade control panels to Kenyan SMEs at local prices.

2018

KENIC Accreditation

Accredited by the Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC) as an official .co.ke and .ke domain registrar.

2020

Cloud Hosting Launch

Launched cloud hosting and VPS services, enabling Kenyan businesses to scale without switching providers.

2022

5,000 Customers

Reached 5,000 active customers and expanded from Nairobi to serve clients across all 47 Kenyan counties.

2024

AI & Specialised Hosting

Launched n8n AI automation hosting, SupaBase hosting, and Laravel-optimised plans — Kenya's most diverse hosting stack.

Purpose

Our Mission & Vision

What drives us every day — and what we are building towards.

Our Mission

Make world-class hosting accessible to every Kenyan business

Human-led, AI-powered hosting for African businesses — delivered with transparency, speed, and genuine care. In KES. On M-Pesa. Supported in Swahili.

Our Vision

To be Africa's most trusted and innovative cloud infrastructure provider

We envision a Kenya — and an Africa — where any entrepreneur can launch a global-quality online business from their phone, in their currency, with support from people who live in the same city.

What We Stand For

Our Core Values

The principles that guide every decision we make — from how we build our infrastructure to how we answer your WhatsApp.

Local First

Everything we do starts with Kenya. Our team lives here, our servers are optimised for East African latency, and our prices are set in KES.

M-Pesa Native

We were the first Kenyan host to fully integrate M-Pesa. Pay your hosting bill the same way you pay for groceries — from your phone in seconds.

Human Support

No chatbots. No automated queues. A real Kenyan picks up your call, replies to your WhatsApp, and solves your problem — usually in under an hour.

Speed Without Compromise

LiteSpeed servers, NVMe SSD storage, and globally distributed CDN — because a slow website loses customers. We never sacrifice performance for price.

Radical Transparency

No USD-to-KES conversion surprises on renewal day. The price you see is the price you pay. We publish our uptime stats publicly and own our mistakes.

Always Innovating

From being the first Kenyan host on LiteSpeed to offering n8n AI automation hosting — we constantly expand what's possible for our customers without raising prices.

Why HostGuru

Why 5,000+ Kenyans Choose Us

Not all hosting is the same — especially when your business is in Kenya.

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KENIC Accredited

Official authorised registrar for .co.ke, .ke, .or.ke and all Kenyan domain extensions. Your domain is registered directly — no middle broker.

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Pay in KES

Every product — hosting, domains, SSL, email — is priced and invoiced in Kenyan Shillings. No USD surprises on renewal day.

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KES-Native Billing

STK Push, Paybill, and auto-renewal via M-Pesa. Set it and forget it — your hosting renews automatically from your M-Pesa balance.

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Phone Answers in 30s

Our support line is answered by a real Nairobi team member — not a bot, not a recording, not an offshore agent — within 30 seconds during business hours.

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LiteSpeed + NVMe SSD

Our entire server stack uses LiteSpeed (3× faster than Apache) with NVMe SSD storage. Your site loads fast even on mobile data.

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Free WHOIS Privacy

We include free WHOIS privacy on all domain registrations — no upsell, no hidden fee. Your personal details stay private from the public database.

Verified & Accredited

Accreditations & Partnerships

Authorised, registered, and trusted by the industry bodies that matter.

KENIC Accredited Registrar

Official registrar for .co.ke, .ke, .or.ke, .ac.ke, .sc.ke and related Kenyan ccTLD extensions. Directly authorised by KENIC.

cPanel Authorised Partner

Genuine cPanel licences on all shared, reseller and cloud hosting plans. Verified cPanel partner since 2016 — no cloned or cracked panels.

WHMCS Official Partner

Official WHMCS billing partner — your client area, invoices, and M-Pesa integrations run on the world's leading hosting billing platform.

Communications Authority Kenya

Registered with the Communications Authority of Kenya as an authorised Internet Service Provider and domain registrar.

Reviews

What Our Customers Say

Real Kenyan businesses. Real experiences. No paid reviews.

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"I switched to HostGuru from a foreign host and the difference was immediate. My site loads faster, I pay via M-Pesa, and when I had an issue at 9pm, someone actually picked up the phone. That does not happen with other hosts."

Wanjiru Kamau

Fashion Store Owner, Nairobi

myboutique.co.ke

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"As a developer I have worked with many Kenyan hosting companies. HostGuru is genuinely different — LiteSpeed, NVMe SSD, cPanel, PHP 8.3, and Redis out of the box. Plus the team knows what they are talking about technically."

Brian Ochieng

Software Developer, Kisumu

briandev.ke

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"HostGuru registered our .or.ke domain and set up our website hosting in under 30 minutes. They guided us through everything on WhatsApp. As a non-technical person I really appreciated the patience and support in Swahili."

Amina Hassan

NGO Director, Mombasa

coastngo.or.ke

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"Our WooCommerce store went live with M-Pesa payments in one afternoon with HostGuru's help. The site has been fast and never gone down in 8 months. Our online orders have tripled since moving to HostGuru hosting."

Peter Mutuku

Restaurant Owner, Nairobi

deliciousnairobi.co.ke

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"I was nervous about building my first website but HostGuru made it easy. The website builder is simple, my domain was registered the same day, and I got a free SSL. The price in KES is very fair for what you get."

Grace Wangari

Freelance Designer

gracecreatives.com

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"We host 12 company websites with HostGuru on their reseller plan. Uptime has been excellent, the reseller cPanel is easy to manage, and their support escalation process is fast. Highly recommended for agencies."

James Njoroge

IT Manager, Nairobi Corp.

nairobi-corp.co.ke

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