I often wonder how with a background like mine I came to
have an insatiable appetite for computers and the
internet. Every day I appreciate more and more the
opportunities for learning that the internet offers.
I grew up in a remote bush valley in Northern Rhodesia
close to the border of Nyasaland where there was very
little in the way of technology, with no TV and radios that
could only receive signals after dark due to reflection off
the ionosphere. A ritual in those early days was listening
to the 8pm news on the BBC.
The only involvement with technology consisted of the
strictly mechanical variety where I learned to carry out
repairs on the everyday appliances that failed from time
to time. For that I have to thank my father who could fix
anything.
The only library was at the local sports club and fostered
in all the kids a love of books which, for me, lasts to this
day. Even now, I look on the internet as an extension of
a library and an incredible learning tool which is available
in our homes.
We were surrounded by game, including the big five, as
well as less pleasant nasties like malaria, bilharzia and
sleeping sickness.
I was not totally isolated because after completing
primary school I was sent off to a boarding school which
lay in "civilization" at the end of a five day journey. Ten
days of travel each term at the expense of holiday time
seemed to me a terrible waste of time.
After moving to South Africa in the 80s I began working in
telecommunications and computers as the two merged.
The gradual disintegration of the Telkom stranglehold on
South Africa opened the way for VOX to offer the country
a better and more competitive service which at first was
limited to corporate business.
Early in 2008 VOX launched a product aimed at the home
user and small business. This allowed people to make
calls over the VOX network at reduced rates as well as
earning rebates for their incoming calls.
In a first for South Africa VOX has offered the public a
chance to participate by becoming sales agents and
earning commission on new users plus a percentage
of the call charges levied.
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