Connectivity & RF

Communications infrastructure, RF systems and network transport in agricultural environments.

Aerial view of South African farmland showing distinct crop fields and soil management zones.

Agriculture

Where South African agriculture's digital infrastructure actually breaks

South African agriculture grows at about 3 percent a year against an economy growing under one, yet the digital layer underneath it, the connectivity, energy, water data and export-traceability systems, is only beginning to be built and, in places, only beginning to be measured.

A large white satellite dish antenna at the Raisting Earth Station in Germany, set against a clear blue sky.

Connectivity & RF

Satellite licensing in South Africa: what the proposed spectrum rules mean for rural connectivity

ICASA's draft amendments to the spectrum and fee regulations determine how legally a South African farm can run a satellite link for telemetry and precision-agriculture data where terrestrial coverage does not reach.