Presentation given to WBA by James Devine of @projectIsizwe about free Wi-Fi in South Africa. Shared with permission.

1. FREEWIFI FOR SA
University of Pretoria 2016

2. 35MILLION PEOPLE
WITH NO EASY ACCESS TO THE NET

3. THAT IS
2 OUT OF 3

4. EDUCATION?
GET A DECENT

5. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LACK OF TEXT BOOKS
NO VIDEO TUTORIALS
NO ON-LINE FACT CHECKING
WALK 5KM TO SCHOOL
OUT-DATED CONTENT
RESEARCH AT THE LIBRARY

6. JOB?
TRYING
TO FIND A

7. INTERVIEW VIA TAXI
UPDATE CV
PHONE TO FOLLOW UP
PRINT CV
JOB BOARDS
TAKE A TAXI
HAND DELIVER CV

8. SOCIAL
THE
ASPECT?

9. REALITY
THEIR

11. WHAT WE ARE

12. PROFIT
NOT FOR

13. 90
WE EMPLOY

14. STARTED
“BY 2017, EVERYONE IN TSHWANE
SHOULD BE IN WALKING DISTANCE OF
INTERNET ACCESS.”
EXECUTIVE MAYOR
RAMOKGOPA
IN 2013

16. The People Are Hungry

17. Real People, Really Connected

18. GET IT HERE
DAILY LIMIT OF
500MB

19. 11%
REDUCTION
IN BASE STATION COSTS
1MB
2013
7MB
2014
15MB
2015

20. FREE
FOR

21. Crea,ng ripples across the na,on
RIPPLES
CREATING
ACROSS THE NATION
70 MILLION
CONNECTIONS
1.42 Million
UNIQUE CONNECTIONS
400 THOUSAND
A MONTH!

22. NEW
Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs

23. GREAT, IF THEY CAN
ACCESS IT
GREAT, IF THEY CAN
AFFORD IT

24. NOC
CASTLE IN CENTURION

25. NOC
CASTLE IN CENTURION

26. NOC
CASTLE IN CENTURION

27. IMPORTANT
HELPING SA ACHIEVE THE MOST

28. MILLIONS
EMPOWERING
TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN LIVES

29. THOUSANDS
EDUCATING

30. Crea,ng employment, and helping people find theirs
EMPLOYMENT
CREATING

31. COMMUNITIES
BUILDING

32. RIPPLES
CREATING NEW

34. RIPPLES
WE WANT TO CREATE
ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA

35. GAP
CLOSING THE
EQUALITY