Alan Knott-Craig Jnr is without any doubt
emulating the success of his father, Alan Knott-Craig Snris the founding
executive of Vodacom one of South Africa’s first licenced mobile operators.
After leaving his position in October of 2012
as chief executive of social media site Mxit Knott-Craig Jnr found himself in
the same disturbing place as an unemployed youth of South Africa. The feeling
felt by an unemployed youth helped Knott-Craig discover Project Isizwe which was born from the Stellenbosch free Wi-Fi project.
Project Isizwe’s goal is to bring free
internet to South Africa and the rest of the African continent and news of the
organisation emerged at a media briefing held in his hometown, Pretoria. Should
things turn out as expected and the project succeeds it will assist many of the
continents youth discover and realise
their entrepreneurial spirit and who knows the next Silicon Valley might just
pop out from the grey and rich Africa.
Alan Knott-Craig
The metropolitan city of Pretoria will be
the first city in Africa to roll out the Wi-Fi through Knott-Craig Jnr’s Isizwe
Project with the aim to cater for citizen’s that cannot afford the luxury of
internet. The success of the project will also see a new dawn emerge on the
beautiful continent and will hopefully encourage young minds to also engage on
a global scale and access information.
The former head of Mxit and iBurst
(Johannesburg based Broadband Company) like his father firmly believes in
empowering African’s to ensure a better and competitive continent.
Ashley
Mokwena
@ashfonik
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