Fibre-to-the-shack — uncapped 100Mbps for R5 a day
Isizwe — the company behind the Kyamandi Fibre Project — has released the latest results of its initial proof of concept fibre-to-the-shack project and highlighted several challenges it had to address to be successful.
The company has...
South Africa's free Wi-Fi networks
Last year, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) rolled over a R200 million allocation from its budget to provide 13 million households in South Africa with low-cost broadband access.
The move could see the government expand on its...
Township gets uncapped 100Mbps fibre for R5 per day
Former iBurst and Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig (junior) has launched a new project to provide cheap uncapped fibre to South African townships and across the African continent.
Knott-Craig's Isizwe, which he co-founded with Linda Sandler, is the...
Multi-million rand losses and nosediving book value at Seacom analysed
Seacom has incurred large annual losses, and its valuation has plummeted since it was launched in 2009, but the company said there is more to its finances than profits and valuations.
Seacom was launched in 2009 and was...
Steve graduated from the University of Port Elizabeth in 1998 with a B.Com (Economics). After working in Sweden on an internship for three months, Steve joined Standard Bank in Johannesburg on a management trainee program and held various positions in the product development and strategy area...