Keeping the Wi-Fi on when the lights go off – the WiBox entrepreneurs

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South Africans have been saddled with load-shedding for more than a decade and for those who want to stay connected to the internet, uninterrupted Wi-Fi is an issue. There is a South African start-up that has come up with a solution to that problem. Brian Gadisi, Alan Gie and Themba Hadebe developed the WiBox as a project at the University of Cape Town and have since turned it into a company, called Arion Power. Hadebe told BizNews that they want to turn their entrepreneurial skills to solve the power problems in South Africa and the rest of the continent. – Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 May 2022 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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