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Mxit’s former CEO wants to rev up South Africa’s internet market with nationwide Wi-Fi

Alan Knott-Craig Jr, former CEO of Mxit, which was once Africa’s largest social network, wants to take over South Africa’s wireless internet market.

To do this, Knott-Craig Jr is not building a telco from scratch, instead, he is enticing some 200 small wireless internet service providers (WISPs) across the country to join HeroTel—his new company launched on Tuesday (Aug. 25). It will bring…