Low-cost broadband comes to life in Limpopo

TV White Spaces pilot in Limpopo: a model for low-cost broadband comes to life

Imagine a world in which the youth of today can grow up where broadband internet was as common a learning tool as the blackboard…

The Microsoft 4Afrika initiative and its partners - the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the DST and Multisource - are attempting to achieve just that by enabling a quality education for all and creating opportunities for the youth through technology, partnerships, and programmes such as theTV White Spaces pilot project.

Imagine if this model to access affordable broadband can be replicated across business, healthcare, community centres, tourist hotspots and into the homes of all South Africans by 2020…

Join us at the University of Limpopo as we celebrate the implementation phase and possibilities of the Limpopo TV White Spaces pilot. In addition we will also offer you a rare glimpse into what this means for a school such as Mountainview Secondary School where the impact of broadband access-enabled education is visible.

Date:           Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Event time: 10:30 for 11:00 – 14:00

Venue: University of Limpopo, 1st Street R71 Road, First University Street,

Mankweng

Dietary requirements:  Please confirm any dietary requirements

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Event and school visit agenda:

10:30                                     Arrival

11:05                                     Message by Microsoft South Africa’s Mteto Nyati

11:25                                     Message by University of Limpopo VC Prof

                                             Mokgalong

11:40                                     Teacher demonstration

12:00                                     Government message Key note - Dept of Science

                                              and Technology / CSIR or Dept of Education

12:15                                     Partner panel discussion and Q&A: CSIR / ICASA /

                                             Microsoft South Africa

12:45                                     Lunch/ Media interviews (Please indicate if you

would require an interview)

14:00                                     Event ends and media depart for site visit to

                                             Mountainview Secondary School

14:20 – 15:20                         Classroom visit