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About Placewide

Built in Africa for the places the world is becoming.

Placewide is a public connectivity network operated by Placewide Systems. Placewide Systems builds and operates the infrastructure. Placewide is the network people use.

Our thinking

Six things we believe.

Why Placewide exists

Public connectivity is broken. It’s inconsistent, unaccountable, and full of hidden costs. Placewide fixes the whole experience — not just the WiFi.

The Access Tax

The invisible cost of joining networks that don’t remember you, charging you for time you can’t use, and forcing you to start again in every place.

Local payment intelligence

Placewide was designed for mobile money and local rails first, not adapted to them later.

Real infrastructure conditions

Placewide accounts for real backhaul, real power and real venues, not idealised lab environments.

Venue value sharing

The venues that host the network share in the revenue it generates.

Global ambition

Built for Africa, designed to work anywhere a place needs to be ready.

Brand manifesto

Where life happens,
connection should be ready.