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Through this blog post of Steve Song - who works for the Shuttleworth Foundation (you know - the guy from Ubuntu) in South Africa - I found the page of the South African company Skyrove.
I immediately liked the page, it has an easy and user friendly interface and the business principle is easy explained. It’s about motivating people to buy WIFI-hotspots and provide internet access publicly for payment. Skyrove takes over the user and credit management for a share of the revenue.
It’s easy to become a provider as well as to buy credits.
The system does not only work for South Africa but world wide.
I think that’s a great system for fostering the availability of WIFI. It enabes local businessmen - like shop- or cafe- owners - to earn money and at the same time provide internet for people with no prior access.
Way to go - check it out
Tags: ICT4D, project, skyrove, south africa
Interesting projects: Skyrove was published on September 3rd, 2008 by Florian Sturm.
It files under sub saharan africa.
| 4 Comments |
September 4th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Thanks for the mention about Skyrove! Something I’ve noticed: In Europe, Broadband at home is cheap. Thus WiFi is about convenience when you are away from home; at a cafe, hotel or airport. In Southern Africa, the costs of an ADSL line (before even getting any bandwidth, it costs about 45 Euro, a LOT in SA) are prohibitively high. WiFi is thus a way to provide cheaper internet access for people at their HOMES! Not just when they’re out and about!
Check out the Skyrove Blog at http://www.skyrove.com/blog. We’ll hopefully be making some exciting announcements soon about some new technology we believe is going to change the telecoms game in Africa dramatically!
September 5th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Thanks for the comment, we’ll keep an eye on you
July 4th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Topic of your article is very interesting, i have bookmarked your blog
regards
fluflaken
August 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I also added your site in my rss reader great post.