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FREEWIFIFOR SOUTH AFRICANS

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THE WORLD SMALLER

OUR LIVES EASIER

OUR EXPERIENCESGREATER

THE

INTERNETMAKES:

INTERNETWE RELY ON THE

WE USE IT FOR EVERYTHING:

TO FIND RESTAURANTS, AND NEW FRIENDS.TO GET WHERE WE’RE GOING.MOVIES, SERIES, ENTERTAINMENT! TO GETSMARTER,TO GET ANEW JOBAND GET TONEW PLACES.

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING,EXCEPT PROCREATION…

…OH, WAIT.THANKS, TINDER.

NEWIN FACT, MASLOW’S

HIERARCHY OF NEEDS LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS

HUMAN RIGHTTHE UNITED NATIONS DECLARED INTERNET ACCESS A

(AND NOW EVEN PRISONERS HAVE ACCESS)FINLAND AGREED

REALITYBUT, FOR MANY SOUTH AFRICANS THAT’S FAR FROM THE

35MILLION PEOPLE

HAVE ALMOST ZERO ACCESS TO THE ‘NET

THAT IS

2 OUT OF 3

JOB?WITHOUT THE

INTERNET, HOW DO YOU FIND A

INTERVIEW (TAXI, AGAIN)

UPDATE CV

PHONE TO FOLLOW UP

PRINT CV

SEARCH JOB BOARDS

TAKE A TAXI

HAND DELIVER CV

EDUCATION?WITHOUT THE INTERNET, DO WOULD YOU GET A DECENT

NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

LACK OF TEXT BOOKS

NO VIDEO TUTORIALS

NO ON-LINE FACT CHECKING

WALK 5KM TO SCHOOL

OUT-DATED CONTENT

RESEARCH AT THE LIBRARY

SOCIALAND WHAT ABOUT THE

SIDE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED?

BUSINESSCAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO BUILD A

WITHOUT ONLINE ACCESS?

EXISTS!THE POTENTIAL

(CHECK OUT WHAT THESE GUYS ACCOMPLISHED)

1 SIMPLE SOLUTIONIT’S 1 HUGE PROBLEM, WITH

… AND IT’S ABOUT THE

SIZE OF

YOUR HAND

MORE SMART PHONES THAN PCS BY 2020

WE HAVE THE

MARKET MORE SIM CARDS THAN PEOPLE

SOUTH AFRICA HAS 23 MILLION SMARTPHONES

MOBILE DATA USAGE 5TH IN THE WORLD 57% OF TRAFFIC COMES FROM MOBILE DEVICES

COST OF DATA……IF IT WASN’T FOR THE RESTRICTIVE

3G?1MB = R2

1 VIDEO

COSTS UP TO

R1000

A 7 SECOND HD YOUTUBE VIDEO WILL

COST $20THAT IS THE

GROCERY BUDGET FOR A TYPICAL FAMILY LIVING IN MAMELODI.

RECAP:

SO, WE HAVE A COUNTRY

BRIMMING WITH POTENTIAL,LOADED WITH THERIGHT DEVICES,BUT WITHOUT DEEP ENOUGH POCKETS TO EMPOWER ITSELF…

WE DECIDED TODO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,AND FORMED…

FRIENDSWITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR

RAMOKGOPA…“EVERYONE IN TSHWANE SHOULD BE IN WALKING DISTANCE OF INTERNET ACCESS.”

- KGOSIENTSO RAMOKGOPA

THANKS TO THE FORESIGHT OF MAYOR

(CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO)

TSHWANE(NORTHERN GAUTENG)TSWANE

…WE PILOTED THE IDEA IN

IN 2013

705LIVE SITES

ACROSS

PROFITWE’RE NOT FOR

POTENTIALWE’RE FOR

1MB2013

7MB2014

15MB2015

SPEEDSAND WE CAN STILL DELIVER THESE

FASTTHAT’S

GET IT HERE

WITH A DAILY LIMIT OF

250MB

N.O.C.‘FREE’ DOESN’T MEAN ‘POOR QUALITY’… HERE’S OUR

(IMPRESSIVE, HUH?)

RIPPLESWE STARTED CREATING

ACROSS THE NATION

92 MILLIONCONNECTIONS

755 THOUSANDUNIQUE CONNECTIONS

160 THOUSANDA MONTH!

THOHOYANDEU LIMPOPO

VHEMBELIMPOPO

ROBERTSONWESTERN CAPE

PIXLEY KA SEMENORTHERN CAPE GROONFONTEIN

EASTERN CAPE

O.R. THAMBOEASTERN CAPE

INGWE TVET, LUSIKISIKIEASTERN CAPE

INGWE TVET, MT FREREEASTERN CAPE

UMGUNGUNLOVUKZN

UMZINYATHIKZN

ILEMBEKZN

UTHUKELAKZN

THABO MOFUTSANYANEFREE STATE

DR KENNETH KAUNDANORTH WEST

GERT SIBANDEMPUMALANGA

PILOTSADDITIONAL

(15, TO BE EXACT)

WORKED HARDER

BUT THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, SO WE

TO THE REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF

UNLIMITED ACCESS

WE CREATED A COMMUNIY SPECIFIC PORTAL, GIVING

TOBETSA

EDUCATIONLIKE

(READ, RESEARCH, DISCOVER. DOWNLOAD TEXTBOOKS, WATCH VIDEOS)

EDUCATION

JOBS

WORKLIKE FINDING

(FOR THE COMMUNITY, CREATEDBY THE COMMUNITY)

WIFI TVEVEN

COMMUNITIES

VIEWS

9MILLION

AT ANY TIME

5HUNDRED

VIEWS PER VIDEO

20THOUSAND

AND MUCH, MUCH, MUCH

MORE

FREEFOR

(DID WE MENTION THAT?)

THOUSANDSEDUCATING

IMPORTANTHELPING SOUTH AFRICA ACHIEVE HER MOST

GOALS

EMPLOYMENTCREATING

COMMUNITIESAND BUILDING

MILLIONSCHANGING THE FUTURE OF

GET INVOLVEDYOU CAN MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN

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TO SAY

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