Apps Built with MySQL

MySQL's position in African web development is inseparable from shared hosting. It is what cPanel gives you, what PHP tutorials assume, and what a client's existing hosting package already includes at no extra cost, so for agency work and small business sites it is frequently the database by default rather than by decision. That ubiquity is a genuine advantage: documentation is everywhere, every developer has touched it, and operational knowledge is easy to find. It is a capable database, well understood at scale, and more than sufficient for the read-heavy workloads typical of content sites, e-commerce and business systems. Teams generally reach for PostgreSQL instead when they need stricter types, richer extensions or heavier analytical queries. Browse the products built on MySQL below and see who is running them.