{"id":841,"date":"2025-05-16T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=841"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:42:01","slug":"surging-demand-botswanas-free-wifi-program-gains-massive-traction-amid-rising-data-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Surging Demand: Botswana\u2019s Free WiFi Program Gains Massive Traction Amid Rising Data Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo-1528499908559-b8e4e8b89bda.jpeg-608x405-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo-1528499908559-b8e4e8b89bda.jpeg-608x405-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/photo-1528499908559-b8e4e8b89bda.jpeg-608x405-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Botswana, the cost of internet subscriptions remains high. For example, 10GB of data may cost as much as P1400 ($103), a significant amount given the country\u2019s minimum wage of P1500 ($111). This pricing structure has historically restricted access to the internet for many, especially the youth, despite growing demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinafrica.com\/surging-demand-botswanas-free-wifi-program-gains-massive-traction-amid-rising-data-costs\/\">To read more click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Botswana, the cost of internet subscriptions remains high. For example, 10GB of data may cost as much as P1400 ($103), a significant amount given the country\u2019s minimum wage of P1500 ($111). This pricing structure has historically restricted access to the internet for many, especially the youth, despite growing demand. To read more click here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}