Alan Knott-Craig is a successful entrepreneur, author, and founder of fibertime™, a company that brings affordable fiber internet to townships. 

Originally from Pretoria, he studied at Nelson Mandela University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in 2002.

Since 2003 he has co-founded and/or funded over 21 companies in the technology, media and telecommunications sector in Africa, including Mxit, Hero Telecoms, Cellfind, iFind34600, Toodu, The Daily Maverick, World of Avatar, Inqaku, Project Isizwe, Pondering Panda, and Namola.

Since 2008 he has published eight books, including one bestseller called Don’t Panic, and a memoir on his entrepreneurial journey: Life Lessons, How to Fail & Win. 

Since 2010 he has been committed to making South Africa a less unequal society by bringing fast affordable internet to every home in every township.