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Mission
Tawara’s mission is to empower its clients by providing end-to-end infrastructure and power solutions, ensuring network reliability, high availability, and cost-efficiency. With a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation, Tawara strives to help its clients navigate the evolving telecommunications landscape with confidence.
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Vision
Tawara envisions a future where cutting-edge technology, efficient infrastructure, and sustainable practices come together to create resilient and high-performing networks. The company aims to be at the forefront of this transformation, leading the way in providing innovative solutions for the telecommunications industry.
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Values
Tawara values excellence, innovation, sustainability, and customer-centricity. The company is dedicated to staying at the forefront of industry trends, providing top-quality services, and being a trusted partner for its clients.
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Dirk Coetzee
Technical Director
Dirk is a seasoned professional with 30+ years of experience in both defence and telecommunications. He holds engineering degrees from the University of Pretoria, specializing in antenna systems. Dirk’s career began at EM Lab, where he helped design defence antenna systems and establish antenna test chambers.
His contributions led to locally developed antenna systems being integrated into South African air force aircraft. Later, he expanded into the telecommunications market, introducing successful products for Ruratel Telkom and MTN, with a focus on the African market.
Dirk’s significant achievement was securing LGP Algon, a telecommunications agency specializing in base station antennas, which he successfully marketed to major South African telecom providers, challenging established suppliers.
Dirk’s design and development skills led to compact, vandal-resistant small cell sites, deployed in multiple regions. These solutions facilitated rapid installations, meeting security and environmental requirements for cell phone operators.
With deep industry knowledge, Dirk Coetzee is a respected professional, known for innovation and success in telecommunications.
Vino Govender
Commercial Director
With nearly 27 years of experience in the ICT sector, Vino brings a wealth of knowledge in various key areas, including strategic marketing, corporate strategy, product management, digital transformation, and M&A.
Over the course of his career, has held senior leadership roles at of the industry’s leading companies, including DFA, Liquid, Vodacom SA, MTN SA, Telkom SA, Neotel, Nokia Siemens Networks, Bester Technologies, and BluNova.
He holds a Certificate in Leading Corporate Sustainability (ESG) from the SAID Business School at Oxford University, an MBA with a specialization in Strategy from WITS, a B.Tech in Marketing from DUT, and an ND in Marketing with Cum Laude honors. I’ve also completed specialized training in key areas such as Blue Ocean Strategy, M&A, Corporate Strategy, and Digital Transformation and Innovation, all through INSEAD.
With a comprehensive understanding of the intricate workings of telco infrastructure, he has played a pivotal role in the planning, deployment, commercialisation of core and access fibre networks.
Vino also serves on the BRICs Connectivity workstream for South Africa, The South African 5G Forum and the Digital Council Africa.