Founder at One Telecom, a national licensed operator in South Africa. One Telecom aims to democratise broadband access in underserved and marginalised communities in South Africa, enabling socio-economic development and reducing inequality. Our mission of democratising next-generation access networks, connecting everyone and everything, is at the core of our vision to enable digital equity on the African continent.

Democratising broadband access in underserved communities in Africa through a disruptive, “crowdsourced”, community broadband network, that aims to bridge the digital divide, and empower communities in Africa.

Startup of Glocall Telecoms in 2011Building core networks including telecommunications infrastructure with points of presence in USA and UK as well as certain East and West African Countries. Overall Financial management, cash flow management and investment appraisal, carrier negotiation, billing and recoveries, human resources requirements and strategic business development.Responsible for group and subsidiary technical evaluation, architectural design, deployment and operation of next generation fixed and mobile networks with expertise in (2G/3G/4G Core and RAN), Fixed Wireless Access Networks (FWA LTE & mmWave), Backhaul infrastructure (Optical Fiber including IRU submarine capacity and IP transit), Voice (VoIP & SIP Class 5 Softswitches) as well as ancillary technical and business modelling of MNO/MVNE/MVNO and Fixed Broadband Networks.End to end business operations management and value creation.Building a last mile broadband managed services networks to enable broadband access solutions in an under-serviced markets.Glocall Telecoms has establish partnerships in countries in which it operates, leveraging global assets to deliver cost effective, efficient solutions to serve the local needs of communities in Africa.

Founder CTO/CFO & shareholder in licensed MNO/CSP in Somalia with responsibilities including among others:MNO/CSP in Mogadishu Somalia Start-up in 2013 of the first "Broadband ISP" in Mogadishu Somalia.Overall investment, financial management, technical design and implementation of greenfield LTE Mobile and Fixed broadband network .Financial Reporting & Corporate Governance in terms of IFRS and other international standards.Deployment of geo-stationary satellite hub (2013) in Mogadishu (SES Astra).IRU IP Transit submarine capacity (2014) over the fist submarine cable to land in Mogadishu.Acquired Mobile & 4G LTE licenses with spectrum in various LTE bands including Band 20/28 ,7.Built first greenfield LTE Mobile Network in Mogadishu 2015 with expertise in: - Business Modelling,Investment Appraisal and go to market strategy - Network dimensioning and package creation - RF Planning and optimisation (Atoll)- End to end Deployment of Mobile Core and RAN- BSS/OSS Integration and workflows Initiated - M&A between 3 companies within a consortium 2018 Expanded Fixed Wireless Broadband Access (BFWA LTE) offerings for consumer marketExpanded Enterprise Fixed Wireless Access (BFWA mmWave) to extend fiber to enterprise usersExpanded grassroots WiFi and City WiFi initiativesExited during M&A in March 2018.

Audit Manager responsible for financial audits and due diligence engagements for listed and non-listed entities in South Africa.

Audit articles as a requirement toward qualification as CA (SA)Involved the Audit of JSE Listed as well as Private Sector companiesExcellent learning experience at a well established international audit firm