Rael Lissoos, whilst lecturing economics, founded his first company Channel Campus, and through a series of strategic alliances & mergers, this company created interactive video-based educational material, as well as South Africa’s first educational website - learn.co.za.

He then went on to co-found Learnthings (learnthings.co.uk) a joint venture with the UK Guardian Media Group. After years in content creation, he shifted his focus to educational content delivery in under-serviced areas. During installations at remote schools, he realized there was a serious problem in communication systems in under-serviced areas due to infrastructure and price.

VoIP servers were therefore included in wireless deployments to facilitate communication. This led to the formation of Dabba Telecommunications. Dabba currently deploys voice and data solutions in rural and low income urban areas throughout South Africa; and has developed a unique business model that allows for local community ownership.