ABOUT CIPAL

Seasoned engineers. A young workforce. One national MSP.

Cipal Infrastructure is a 100% black-owned, Level 1 BBBEE Managed Service Provider for the telecoms industry. We deploy microwave, radio, fibre and civil infrastructure across eight provinces — and develop the specialist engineering talent that keeps South Africa connected.
 
Our engineers have delivered ICT field services in South Africa since 2010. Cipal Infrastructure was established in Midrand in 2016 — and has since become a trusted Managed Service Provider to the country’s mobile network operators.
 
We are the highest contributor level recognised in South African procurement. Our workforce pairs young, technically skilled professionals with subject-matter experts, giving us the agility to scale into new projects without compromising on engineering quality.
 
Every project is led by qualified project managers and executed by certified engineers, governed by ISO 9001 quality management and strict health & safety standards. We operate across eight provinces from six production warehouses, with dedicated QA and H&S teams on every rollout — and increasingly across borders, including projects in Lesotho

Turnkey delivery. For end-to-end projects that combine civils, towers, power and active network deployment, Cipal partners with Reatisa Smart Tech to deliver a complete turnkey infrastructure service.

WHAT WE DO

Seven capabilities. One integrated field delivery team.

From initial site survey to commissioned network — we handle the full field lifecycle in-house, working across every major multivendor platform in the industry.

Microwave Transmission

Risk assessment, site surveys, multivendor MW installation and decommissioning, ATP, network service migrations, and node integration/recovery.

Radio Access Networks

RF installations, base station modernisation, BTS fault-finding, site upgrades, drive & walk testing, PIM testing and interference hunting.

 

Optic Fibre Works

Trenched and overhead fibre deployment, cable hauling, patching, splicing/termination in cabinets and manholes, OTDR testing and fault location

Wi-Fi Solutions

Multivendor Wi-Fi network installation and decommissioning, coverage and signal-strength testing, latency and speed verification, and ongoing optimisation

Electrical Works

Battery installation & commissioning, rectifier connections and load balancing, anti-theft epoxy installs, and issuing of COCs for new and existing installations.

Civils & Site Build

Construction drawings, tower base construction (lattice, monopole, lamp post, tree mast up to 55m), perimeter fencing, cabinet and container deployment.

Project Management Services

Full-lifecycle portfolio management, risk & compliance, resource and budget planning, stakeholder reporting, quality assurance to ISO standards, and hands-on mentorship for technical teams. We lead projects from initiation to handover.

Need end-to-end delivery? We partner with Reatisa Smart Tech to deliver full turnkey infrastructure projects.
OUR TALENT PIPELINE

Cipal doesn't just deploy networks. We build the engineers who'll run them.

Ctech Academy is our in-house training arm — established in 2017 to close the gap between available engineering talent and what the South African telecoms industry actually needs.

Running SETA-accredited programmes in partnership with the MICT SETA and Wraycastle Africa, Ctech delivers technical education across IT, networks, security, ITSM and telecommunications — with a particular focus on learners from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.

For our clients, it means every engineer on site has been current-year trained. For the industry, it means a growing pipeline of specialist talent that didn’t exist five years ago.

ACADEMY PARTNERS

130+

Learners through SETA-accredited programmes to date

2017

Ctech Academy established & accredited

5+

Disciplines: IT, Networks, Security, ITSM, Telecoms

100%

In-house curriculum with industry outreach

WHY CIPAL

What clients get that other contractors don't offer.

01

On-Time Delivery

Milestones are hit, not excused. Our track record with Vodacom, Ericsson and Liquid is built on projects that closed when we said they would.

02

No Quality Compromise

No Quality Compromise
ISO 9001 processes, ATP sign-off on every site, certified engineers on every crew, and COCs issued on all electrical work. Quality isn’t the shortcut.

03

Problem-Solving On Site

Every site is different. Our multivendor-trained teams are built to adapt and resolve field issues on the ground — without costly escalation delays.

04

Continuously Trained

Via Ctech Academy, our engineers stay current on the latest multivendor platforms — so your rollout never stalls on a capability gap.

DIRECT CLIENTS & MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS

Vodacom

Mobile & Business

Vodacom Lesotho

Cross-border deployment

Liquid

Intelligent Technologies

Ericsson

Carrier deployments

NEC XON

Systems integration

Old Mutual Finance

Enterprise networks

METACOM

VSAT rollouts

Skywire

Cambium networks

CERTIFIED ACROSS MAJOR EQUIPMENT VENDORS

LEADERSHIP

Executives with deep operator experience.

Thami Msimango

Chief Executive Officer

26 years at Telkom SA in executive roles covering strategy and advanced technology, including the Richardson Data Support Office (now part of AT&T, Dallas). Thami has held CTO and CEO positions and brings deep international business and integration experience.

Teboho Makakane

Chief Financial Officer

Over 25 years of corporate business experience, primarily as CFO across telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, mining and facilities management in South Africa and across the continent. B.Com (Accounting). Leads financial strategy, operations and investment management at Cipal.

Thobela Ningiza

Head of Group Human Resources

Leads Cipal’s HR function and people strategy across our eight-province footprint. Focused on talent development, Ctech Academy learnership pipelines, and building a workplace culture where young engineers thrive alongside seasoned specialists.

GET IN TOUCH

Let’s talk about your next rollout.

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    EMAIL ADDRESS

    info@cipalinfrastructure.co.za

    LANDLINE

    +27 10 140 7603

    HEAD OFFICE

    Alphen Square West, Unit D Cnr George Street & 15th Road Randjespark, Midrand, 1683

    Cipal Investments (Pty) Ltd t/a Cipal Infrastructure. A Level 1 BBBEE Managed Service Provider delivering telecoms field services and SETA-accredited engineering training across South Africa.

    Contact

    +27 10 140 7603

    info@cipalinfrastructure.co.za

    Alphen Square West, Unit D
    Midrand, 1683

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