Armed with a CA degree that he completed early this century, many would assume Alan Knott Craig Jr was driven to get out from under the shadow of his well-known and trail-blazing father.

A cursory glance at his accomplishments would back that: he created a successful business called Cellfind, helped launch iBurst, spearheaded chat service Mxit’s growth and grew the Tshwane-based free WiFi service Project Isizwe to the largest on the continent.