What’s Next — CipherWave CEO Shamith Maharaj on their new expansion plans

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, CipherWave CEO Shamith Maharaj discusses CipherWave’s expansion plans for Africa.

Maharaj has extensive knowledge in project management, network design, network activations, network operations, network management, IT management, and service assurance.

He previously worked at CMC Networks for over 14 years, serving as the Head of NOC (Network Operations Centre) and Service Assurance, and then as the Vice President of Global Network Operations.

Maharaj joined BCX in 2019 as the Executive for Data Networks before moving to CipherWave in 2023.

He started as the Chief Business Development Officer at CipherWave before recently taking on his current role as CEO.

What’s Next interview

Maharaj began the interview by discussing CipherWave’s new strategy and direction for the future.

Part of this new strategy is being an “enabler of enablers”, and Maharaj explains what this means for the South African market.

Maharaj also highlights CipherWave’s focus on client support both at the physical and application layers.

He then discusses CipherWave’s plan to expand into the rest of Africa and details how this benefits existing clients.

Watch the full interview with Shamith Maharaj below.