fibertime™
Connecting everyone to the internet

We spent months trying to figure out what to call our product. “Airtime” is obvious but in the minds of consumers, it’s related to wireless internet – slow, unreliable, capped. It’s also measured in gigabytes, not hours.

We wanted our product to be associated with fiber – fast, reliable, uncapped – and measured in time, not gigabytes. We landed on fibertime.

We consolidated under the fibertime brand, streamlining both internal communications and our external image by moving away from our group holding company, Isizwe, and network operator, Paygozo.

Our mission is to connect every single South African to fast affordable fiber. We can’t do that by ourselves. There’s plenty of space for everyone.

Our model thrives on population density. While a suburban property typically houses 5 people, the same space in a township accommodates 100—a twentyfold increase. Fiber’s unlimited capacity means we don’t need 20x more infrastructure for 20x more people.

We link vouchers to individual devices, meaning each person buys one or more vouchers. Higher density equals better capital returns. With an average of 5 devices per home, our theoretical daily cap is R25/home.

We channel this extra margin into lower prices for consumers, benefiting both us and the community through affordable, yet profitable, service.