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3 unusual facts about South African wireless community networks


South African wireless community networks

The Wireless Africa programme of the Meraka Institute is researching ways to develop sustainable information and communications technology in developing countries.

The project is testing if a rural community can take ownership of the network, with a trial community-run WUG near the Kruger National Park in the Mpumalanga Province.

Orange Farm is an informal settlement of about 300,000 people south of Johannesburg.



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