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    Thursday RoundUp: Alan Knott-Craig Jr, Angani and a better Siri

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    Gbenga Onalaja
    132 months ago
    Thursday RoundUp: Alan Knott-Craig Jr, Angani and a better Siri

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    It’s Thursday, November 11th, 2015.

    Today, the South African free WiFi project, Project Isizwe, announced its CEO, Alan Knott-Craig Jr will be stepping down come December. Also, Kenya cloud service, Angani is at the center of a brewing Kenyan internet kerfuffle. And, we are thinking of a better Siri. What else happened today?

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    Alan Knott-Craig Jr To Step Down As Project Isizwe CEO

    Current Project Isizwe front man (and former CEO of Mxit), Alan Knott-Craig Jr, will step down next month as the CEO of the non-profit free WiFi initiative. The COO, Zahir Khan, will take over from him on 1 January 2016.

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