[kictanet] Mesh Networks in South Africa

[Song, Stephen]

Hi Joash,

This is a great piece of video journalism from the BBC but a minor point of
clarification. Zenzeleni is not a mesh network. It did start out as one but
now uses hub and spoke WiFi technology from Ubiquiti just like Mawingu and
many others do in Kenya.  The BBC unfortunately buried the lead in the
headline by not highlighting the real innovation of Zenzeleni, which is the
nature of their organisation. They are a registered cooperative under South
African law.  Profits from the network go back to the community and back
into the network.  Cooperatives have been around since the middle ages.
Their time is coming for rural broadband.

Cheers... Steve Song

On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 06:37, Joash Moitui via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Innovative mesh networks in South Africa are connecting the connected for
> less than $2 a month.
>
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-47723967/internet-access-in-africa-are-mesh-networks-the-future?ocid=socialflow_facebook
>
> Could this be the solution for connecting thousands in rural Kenya?
>
> Best,
>
> Joash Moitui
>
>
> ~Sent from mobile device. Apologies for brevity and typos ~
>
>
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