Going Where the Money Isn’t: Wi-Fi for South African Townships

[Commentary] The problem is that, even in the most developed areas of Africa, the deployment of strong and fast 3G and 4G coverage is lagging, and the capital that is available will flow to build out areas where there are paying customers.

That means that the outlying areas, where a lot of people live, will continue to be underserved for quite some time. Alan Knott-Craig, an experienced South African entrepreneur who is setting out to bring connectivity via Wi-Fi across his homeland, knows that Internet access is transformative.

[Sinofsky is a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz]