project isizwe - free wi-fi for south africans
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FREEWIFIFOR SOUTH AFRICANS
ESTIMATED READING TIME: 3MIN
MANY IMAGES ARE HYPERLINKED: EXPLORE!
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
(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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