ARTICLES

January 2019, ManyPossibilities, “Africa Telecoms Infrastructure in 2018”,

https://manypossibilities.net/2019/01/african-telecommunications-infrastructure-in-2018/

February 2019, DW, “World in Progress: Stories that matter from around the world”, 

https://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-stories-that-matter-from-around-the-world/a-19385803

February 2019, Many Possibilities, “Rethinking Affordable Access”,

 https://manypossibilities.net/2019/02/rethinking-affordable-access/

March 2019, Internet Society, “Deutsche Welle Profiles Community Networks Around the World”,

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/03/deutsche-welle-profiles-community-networks-around-the-world/

March 2019, Wapa, The rural community that built a network

https://wapa.org.za/node/263

January 2018, “AlterMundi visita Zenzeleni en Sudáfrica”,

 http://blog.altermundi.net/article/altermundi-visita-zenzeleni-en-sudafrica/

Luca de Tena, S. & Rey-Moreno, C. (2018). Challenging inequality in post-apartheid South Africa: A bottom-up, community-led business model for connectivity. Global Information Society Watch: Community Networks (pp. 222-226). GISWatch Chapter:  

https://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/infrastructure/south-africa

January 2018, ManyPossibilities, “Africa Telecoms Infrastructure in 2017”,  

https://manypossibilities.net/2018/01/africa-telecoms-infrastructure-in-2017/

Wizzy, February 2018, “Zenzeleni mesh networking in the Transkei”,  

https://www.wizzy.com/post/zenzeleni-mesh-networking-in-transkei/

TechCentral, April 2018, “Interview: Carlos Rey-Moreno on connecting SA’s rural poor”, 

https://techcentral.co.za/interview-carlos-rey-moreno-on-connecting-sas-rural-poor/80729/

Apri 2018, My Broadband, “Vodacom and MTN dispute report they don’t use their spectrum”, 

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/256133-vodacom-and-mtn-dispute-report-they-dont-use-their-spectrum.html

APC News, May 2018, “South Africa becomes the first country in the region to support community networks”, 

https://www.apc.org/en/node/34705/

Outthere, July 2018, “Coupés du monde connecté, ces citoyens ont créé leur propre réseau téléphonique”, 

https://www.outthere.fr/stories/coupes-du-monde-connecte-ces-citoyens-ont-cree-leur-propre-reseau-telephonique/

September 2018, SABC News, “Community networks important for ensuring an internet for all”

http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/community-networks-important-for-ensuring-an-internet-for-all/

September 2018, CNBC Africa, Community Networks Key to Connecting Africa, says Internet Society, 

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/apo/2018/09/03/community-networks-key-to-connecting-africa-says-internet-society/

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APC News, January 2017, “Zenzeleni: Do-it-yourself telecoms networks in rural South Africa”,

https://www.apc.org/en/news/zenzeleni-do-it-yourself-telecoms-networks-rural-s

Alliance for Affordable Internet, January 2017, “Finding Affordable New Ways to Connect in South Africa”, 

https://a4ai.org/community-connectivity-solutions-southafrica/

January 2017, IT Web, “Project Isizwe, Zenzeleni make Mozilla’s final five”, 

https://www.itweb.co.za/content/nG98Yd7LYRQMX2PD

March 2017, Mozilla, “Announcing the Equal Rating Innovation Challenge Winners”,

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/03/29/announcing-equal-rating-innovation-challenge-winners/

April 2017, DispatchLive: “Innovative villagers wow world: Co-op earns R137 000 funding”: 

https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2017-04-07-innovative-villagers-wow-world–co-op-earns-r137-000-funding/

May 2017, Business Wire, “DSA Global Summit Unleashes the Spectrum Requirements for the Next Generation Internet”, 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170510005686/en/DSA-Global-Summit-Unleashes-Spectrum-Requirements-Generation

June 2017, Devex, “Community networks bring education online in Kibera, Kenya”

https://www.devex.com/news/community-networks-bring-education-online-in-kibera-kenya-90492

Balancing Act, July 2017: “Low-cost comms co-op Zenzeleni Networks provides cheaper voice and data for village community”, 

https://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/telecoms-en/41484/low-cost-comms-co-op-zenzeleni-networks-provides-cheaper-voice-and-data-for-village-community

Cape Times, November 2017: “Landline, cellphone, internet plan empowers communities on their terms”: 

https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/opinion/landline-cellphone-internet-plan-empowers-communities-on-their-terms-12089078

The Conversation, November 2017: “How a rural community built South Africa’s first ISP owned and run by a cooperative”, 

https://theconversation.com/how-a-rural-community-built-south-africas-first-isp-owned-and-run-by-a-cooperative-87448 .

Republished in Buisness Day

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2017-11-29-how-a-rural-community-built-sas-first-isp-owned-and-run-by-a-co-operative/

Quartz Africa

https://qz.com/africa/1152288/an-eastern-cape-rural-community-in-south-africa-have-their-own-isp/

BizCmmunity, June 2016: “SNII drives collaborative rural development programme”, 

https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/544/148301.html

Radio France International, May 2015, “Ces révolutions invisibles qui pourraient changer le monde”

http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20150502-2-revolutions-invisibles-agroecologie-biomimetisme-jugaad/

TechCentral, July 2015,The challenge of connecting SA’s rural poor, 

https://techcentral.co.za/the-challenge-of-connecting-sas-rural-poor/58306/

The Web we Want, November 2015, How A Rural Community Made Its Own Phone Network In South Africa, 

https://webwewant.org/news/how-a-rural-community-in-south-africa-became-a-telecommunications-operator/

TechCentral, September 2014, Mesh Potato mashes up a new model, 

https://techcentral.co.za/mesh-potato-mashes-up-a-new-model/50796/

Zenzeleni Bahlali iNetworks

Zenzeleni Bahlali iNetworks

Winner of Best Innovation with Social Impact Award 2017

2nd Runner Up Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge 2017