{"id":92,"date":"2006-09-16T06:50:15","date_gmt":"2006-09-16T06:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/php7.innershed.com:10000\/virtual-server\/link.cgi\/212.71.245.84\/http:\/\/www.connectafrica\/WP1\/?p=92"},"modified":"2012-12-30T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T13:54:10","slug":"proof-of-concept-launch-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Proof of Concept&#8221; Launch, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Connect Africa launched it&#8217;s &#8220;Proof of Concept&#8221; in Johannesburg at an event sponsored by Vodacom and attended by multiple sponsors of the initiative at Vodacom&#8217;s Head Quarters in Midrand, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In the plush and high tech surrounds of VodaWorld senior Vodacom representatives confirmed their support for the Connect Africa&#8217;s &#8220;Proof of Concept&#8221; and clearly demonstrated the enthusiasm and support this unique initiative has generated in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this space to see how we progress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93\" title=\"Vodaworld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/fig1.jpg\" alt=\"Vodaworld | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94\" title=\"Dion Jerling with colleagues\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/fig2.jpg\" alt=\"Dion Jerling | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96\" title=\"Speaker at Vodaworld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/fig3.jpg\" alt=\"speaker | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Team at Vodaworld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/fig4.jpg\" alt=\"Team | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98\" title=\"Registration tables\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/fig5.jpg\" alt=\"Registration | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99\" title=\"Dion Jerling giving a presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/fig6.jpg\" alt=\"Dion Jerling | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100\" title=\"Audience at Vodaworld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/fig7.jpg\" alt=\"Vodaworld audience | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101\" title=\"Connect Africa Van\" src=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/fig8.jpg\" alt=\"Van | Connect Africa | image\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect Africa launched it&#8217;s &#8220;Proof of Concept&#8221; in Johannesburg at an event sponsored by Vodacom and attended by multiple sponsors of the initiative at Vodacom&#8217;s Head Quarters in Midrand, South Africa. In the plush and high tech surrounds of VodaWorld &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/?p=92\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1970,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/1970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}