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Project Isizwe CEO and former iBurst boss Alan Knott-Craig has launched a new wireless Internet service provider, HeroTel, to provide wireless broadband to homes and businesses, TechCentral can reveal. Knott-Craig wants HeroTel

Wi-Fi calling will soon become a natural part of South African networks once they get over their fear of the technology, says a local provider. “I think with time they will. What I’ve noticed

Alan Knott-Craig’s Project Isizwe free Wi-Fi project with the City of Tshwane could “set the pattern for social impact bonds” in South Africa, where the private sector guarantees delivery of services, the

Stellenbosch’s free Wi-Fi project continues to be delayed as projects elsewhere in South Africa are rolled out. Free Wi-Fi was proposed for Stellenbosch as early as 2013 and, despite investigations into the viability of the programme, roll-out has been delayed

The rural Eastern Cape is about to get high-speed Internet service though a dedicated Wi-Fi connection. Project Isizwe is well known for rolling out the City of Tshwane’s massive Wi-Fi programme

The Western Cape government has updated the timelines for the complete deployment of its R1,3bn broadband initiative after an initial contracting period with the State IT Agency and Neotel took longer than anticipated. The tender, which was issued

Free Wi-Fi pioneer and non-profit Project Isizwe has launched the second phase of its wireless Internet access project in the Pretoria area, rolling out 213 new “Free Internet Zones” to schools in Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve

Regard-van-der-Berg-180Wi-Fi hotspots are popping up everywhere, and access is no longer uncommon in public spaces. Even minibus taxis will soon become Wi-Fi hotspots, with nearly 90% of taxi body Santaco’s fleet earmarked for Wi-Fi deployment over the next three years

Project Isizwe, the nonprofit founded by former Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig, has announced plans to expand its free Wi-Fi coverage to open public spaces in key hubs in the Western Cape. The news comes after the completion is a first phase of a free Wi-Fi roll-out in selected areas around Pretoria