Speaker
Ant Brooks
(TENET)
Description
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies passed regulations requiring mobile and Internet service providers to provide South Africans with "zero-rated" (free) access to education and health websites. Over the following two years, more than a thousand websites were zero-rated by operators including hundreds of University and TVET sites. This presentation takes a look at how the zero-rating process unfolded and the various challenges faced by operators (and the educational institutions involved). It concludes with some lessons learned for any future zero-rating initiatives.
Travel and/or accommodation
I will already be at ZAREN for the TENET Board meeting.
Primary author
Ant Brooks
(TENET)
