Tizeti
| Wifi.com.ng | |
| Company type | Private |
| Founded | January 2017 |
| Founder | Kendall Ananyi |
| Headquarters | , USA |
Area served | Nigeria and Ghana |
Key people | Kendall Ananyi (Founder and CEO) |
| Products | Wireless broadband internet |
Number of employees | 300 |
| Subsidiaries | Tizeti Network Ltd (Nigeria), Tizeti Network Ghana Limited (Ghana) |
| Website | Official website |
Tizeti is a fixed wireless broadband Internet service provider (ISP or WISP) operated by Tizeti Inc, using Wireless to provide unlimited internet to residential and small business customers in Africa. [1] It is also used to connect its base stations to customer buildings. Tizeti currently operates within Lagos, Ogun, Port Harcourt, Benin, Oyo, and Accra.
Background and availability
[edit]Tizeti, Inc. was publicly announced in Techcrunch in March 2017 by Kendall Ananyi in a Techcunch interview a week ahead of YC Winter 2017 Demo day. As of March 2021[update], it was providing commercial service to customers in Nigeria and Ghana for $30/month. Tizeti is based in Redwood City, has about 300 employees in West Africa, and had raised $5.1 million of funding.
Tizeti operates on the 5.4GHz Wi-Fi and 3.5GHz 4G LTE bands,[2] connecting its Solar Powered Towers to customer premise equipment on customer buildings . Wireless internet propagation is near line-of-sight, not penetrating buildings and windows. The customers connect to the service via wi-fi routers inside their building.[3]
Tizeti operates a number of Services:
- Wifi.com.ng: Unlimited Wi-Fi internet subscription service that provides unlimited internet starting $30 a month to residential and small businesses in Nigeria.
- GhanaWifi.com: Unlimited Wi-Fi internet subscription service that provides plans starting $30 a month to residential and small businesses in Ghana.
- Tizeti Enterprise Solution: Dedicated internet plans that provide high capacity dedicated internet starting from 10 Mbit/s to enterprise customers.
- Express Wi-Fi: Co-branded hotspot partnership with Facebook sold by retailers and targets dense, high traffic locations.[4]
- Wificall.ng: Voice over IP service that provides unlimited calling, cloud PBX features and a voice api for developers.[5]
Growth
[edit]In January 2017, Tizeti was accepted into Y Combinator and received a $120,000 on investment as part of the Winter Batch.
In June 2017, Tizeti announced its Seed Round after YCW17 demo day.[6]
In September 2018, Tizeti raised another $3 million aimed towards expanding across West Africa.[7]
| Date | Funding Type | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2017 | Accelerator | $120k | Y Combinator |
| June 26, 2017 | Seed Round | $2.1M | — |
| July 28, 2018 | Series A | $3M | 4DX Ventures |
In March 2022, Tizeti partnered with Microsoft Airband team to improve internet connectivity in Nigeria.[8]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jonathan Shieber, as reported in Techcrunch, "Tizeti is Bringing internet to urban Africa", Techcrunch, 17 March 2017
- ^ Bright, Jake. "Solar-based ISP startup Tizeti launches 4G LTE network in Nigeria". Techcrunch.
- ^ Goodier, Rob. "Wifi? Why not". Engineering for Change.
- ^ Magistretti, Bérénice (7 July 2017). "Tizeti partners with Facebook to expand Express Wi-Fi in Nigeria". Techcrunch.
- ^ Bright, Jake (30 April 2019). "Nigerian startup Tizeti launches WifiCall.ng IP voice call service". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Nigerian Tech Startup Tizeti Secures $2.1M To Bring Affordable Wireless Internet To Africa". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "Expanding its internet service to more countries in Africa, Tizeti raises $3 million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ^ "Microsoft, Tizeti to deliver high-speed internet in Nigeria". CapacityMedia. Retrieved 2022-03-22.