The people who need unlimited internet the most are in the townships, yet they currently pay the most for mobile data, says Fibertime founder Alan Knott-Craig Jr.
ITWeb OTR: Fibertime bridges digital divide in Alexandra township
In this episode of ITWeb on the Road, Fibertime founder Alan Knott-Craig Jr takes ITWeb on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the company’s township fibre rollout. He explains how Fibertime is addressing South Africa’s digital divide by offering uncapped 100Mbps internet access at just R5 per day.#Fibertime #ITWebOnTheRoad #DigitalInclusion #TownshipTech #InternetForAll
The free WiFi initiative this week officially launched its latest project in Alexandra township in Johannesburg.
Alexandra community members become resellers and distributors of Vuma’s fibre-to-the-home solution, and are already making a living as fibre entrepreneurs.
The open access WiFi provider plans to give 1.5 million Gauteng township residents affordable WiFi access over the next two years.
The In-Diya?lighting system uses energy-efficient?LEDs, and is designed to provide lighting to people living with no or unreliable electricity.
More than 1.4 million learners are using Gauteng Online as part of their curriculum, the organisation says.
The company has established an Internet caf'e at the Thusong Youth Centre, in Alexandra.
Gauteng education MEC Ignatius Jacobs visited Alexandra yesterday to unveil the latest in a line of GautengOnline pilot projects, this time a 25-workstation Linux network established by the Sahara consortium.
Die uitgestrekte township van Alexandra het 'n tegnologiehupstoot gekry met die opening van die Thusong Youth Centre, die eerste van 250 beoogde tegniese onderwyssentra van die Nelson Mandela Children`s Fund en Enterasys Networks.