Rural technology adoption

Case Study: Connecting Rural Communities with Local Support

Digital Ambassadors deliver hands-on training and support to their communities to help more people connect to the internet ABOUT AFRICA MOBILE NETWORKS Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) owns and operates network infrastructure that deliversservices for the biggest mobile operators in Africa. Also a founding member of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), AMN is working to build…

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Digital Workforce

Ivanplats, CanPro and ‘Maru A Mokopane’ digitally activate Communities

For South Africa’s communities to become economically active, it is essential that they have access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The long lamented ‘digital divide’ remains alive and well but an increasing number of companies are realising the benefit of fast-tracking digital access for their workforce and neighbouring communities. CanPro, a provider of digital…

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‘Online? I do not even know what’s that all about’

There is a massive push for organisations to migrate their services to the digital world, but says Liesel Kirsten MD of CanPro, this often alienates some users as they are not equipped to use many of the services offered. Earlier this year, ewn.co.za carried reports showing that parents of school children feel they have failed…

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Jozi connects 10 000 residents to WiFi services

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) says it is working hard to reach its target of providing digital literacy training to more than 720 000 households in the next 12 months. As part of its developmental service delivery model called Jozi@work, CoJ has injected R80 million towards the Jozi Digital Ambassadors Programme which has rolled out…

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