steve briggs

  1. Jan

    Isizwe's "fibre-to-the-shack" rollout update - May 2023

    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...
  2. Jan

    Free Wi-Fi network operators in South Africa - February 2023

    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...
  3. Jan

    Project Isizwe's Alan Knott-Craig re-emerges with for-profit township fibre company, complete with stablecoin

    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...
  4. Jan

    Seacom has incurred huge losses and its book value has plunged

    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...
  5. rpm

    Radical technology rethink needed

    Stop Pushing, Follow the Pull It’s time for a radical rethink of how government can support and grow the technology sector.
  6. rpm

    Arc Telecoms nearing launch

    Arc Telecoms close to launch New telecoms player already doing business under the radar, with an official launch planned next month
  7. rpm

    Steve Briggs

    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...
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