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Born and bred in the township of Soweto,Johannesburg,Thami Mtshali is a pioneering businessman who started off his career as a chemical engineer in the Petro Chemical Industry, working both locally and abroad. He then decided to actively pursue an entrepreneurial career in the telecommunications industry co-founding WBS in 1998. WBS, which started as a greenfields, was originally established to provide the former national lottery company Uthingo with a narrowband-based network backbone for the national lottery.
Thami then successfully led the company through a strategic shift of focus toward mobile broadband wireless resulting in the launch of IBurst SA. The company has since grown phenomenally to the highly reputable group of companies it is today, including both IBurst and Broadlink.
Thami is the co-founder of Broadlink and serves as the chairman of the company. He also serves as a Trustee on the Jacob Zuma Education Trust.
Thami holds a Bachelor of Science degree (cum laude) from Tuskagee University and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Akron University.
12 August 2011
The company has identified new business lines to enter, says Broadlink CEO Mike Brown.Communications infrastructure provider Broadlink expects to grow revenue 60% in the year to February 2011.
30 April 2011
Mike Brown and his team at Broadlink are combining personal service, a can-do pioneering spirit and a fun-loving culture to provide wireless connectivity that corporates are learning to love.
28 November 2011
The idea for the Dakar began back in 1977, when Thierry Sabine got lost on his motorbike in the Libyan Desert during the Abidjan-Nice rally.
20 July 2011
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