GigaLayer is a Nigerian cloud infrastructure, domain registration and web hosting provider based in Lagos, serving businesses across Africa and international markets. The company operates infrastructure across two data centre locations in Lagos, offering bare-metal and cloud compute services designed for enterprise workloads. [1]
Design and History
GigaLayer was founded in 2007 as Aimtech HostingCo, a side project of web developer Ahmad Mukoshy, then a student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto in Nigeria. The business grew and was rebranded to GigaLayer.com in 2013 to position itself for the global and African markets. Its first office opened in Lagos in 2014 within a technology innovation hub called iDEA Nigeria, and by 2015 the company had moved to its own premises in Lagos. [2]
The company’s own blog confirms the rebranding timeline, noting that in early 2012 Aimtech was rebranded to GigaLayer, although still under the corporate name of Aimtech Hosting Company. The blog describes the move as bringing improvements to support service, billing systems and a larger array of products, with migration to new servers. [3]
Between 2013 and 2017, GigaLayer made several acquisitions to boost its market share in Nigeria, including LagosHost in 2014, Server22 in 2017, and HUB8 Africa in 2018. [2] More recently, in February 2026, GigaLayer acquired Registeram, a Nigerian domain registration and hosting company operating since 2008, in a move aimed at consolidating locally operated cloud and digital infrastructure services. [4]
Meaning and Symbolism
Brand asset databases record the GigaLayer logo as using a green color scheme. Brandfetch lists the brand colors for GigaLayer.com as including a dark neutral tone (hex #35312A, named “Merlin”) and white. [5] Claims about the color representing growth, opportunity or the African digital economy cannot be verified from primary sources and should be treated as unconfirmed.
Typography and Design
The company’s current website could not be accessed for direct visual verification during this research. The logo’s specific typeface and design details remain undocumented in available sources.
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