[kictanet] Mesh Networks in South Africa

[Peter Wakaba]

Who can talk to me about Mawingu and how it compares to this South Africa
network. I would like to understand just what enables the lower costs and
how it is different.

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 1:25 PM Song, Stephen via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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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