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Free wireless internet sites in underserviced communities gcis vuk uzenzele > By gcis vuk uzenzele - 08 February 2021 - 07:00 Think WiFi provides free WiFi hotspots around South Africa. Image: Think WiFi
An organisation called Think WiFi realises how important this issue is, and is making the internet freely accessible to thousands of people around the country.
Think WiFi was started by Marnus Kruger and his wife Jeanine in 2018. The non-profit organisation has built more than 200 free wireless internet sites in underserviced communities in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
“We come from the telecoms world and in 2018 we found the opportunity with Google Station to start providing free WiFi across South Africa. Unfortunately, the Google Station project was stopped, but we made the decision to keep on going,” says Kruger.