Unlimited WiFi Service to Lagosians by Tizeti.

Tizeti and its consumer facing brand, Wifi.com.ng, which offers unlimited, uncapped internet service across Lagos, Nigeria, have announced the closure of a $2.1 million seed funding from international investors.

The investors include Western Technology Investment, Social Capital, Vy Capital, Picus Capital, Ace & Company, Lynett Capital Partners, Zeno Ventures and a number of angel investors including Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel and Gabriel Hammond.

The company which operates widely as a “Comcast for Africa” builds and operates solar-powered towers to provide reliable and affordable Wi-fi services to hundreds of residential areas and SME’s across Nigeria’s megacity.

Founded by Y Combinator Alumni Kendall Ananyi and Ifeanyi Okonkwo, cohorts of the winter 2017 batch, Tizeti was created to address poor internet connectivity on the continent by developing a cost-effective solution from inception to delivery, for reliable and uncapped internet access for potentially millions of Africans.

“They aim to ‘win Lagos’, with a view to expanding across the West African region over the next 18-24 months” and It is estimated that 26% of Africans are online, however only 6% are having an internet subscription.

CREDIT: today.ng