'Crime is the biggest obstacle in township economies,' says Alan Knott-Craig

'Crime is the biggest obstacle in township economies,' says Alan Knott-Craig

Crime is the biggest obstacle in developing South African township economies, according to Alan Knott-Craig. Knott-Craig is a serial entrepreneur and author of Chasing the Internet. In 2003, he founded Cellfind. In 2006, he was CEO of iBurst. In 2010, he founded World of Avatar, and that resulted in him becoming CEO of Mxit. In 2013, he founded Project Isizwe. In 2014 he started Herotel. In 2022 he followed this up with Fibertime. He gave the ke…