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Dietlof Mare is the CEO of Vumatel, South Africa’s leading open-access fibre to the home (FTTH) operator, a position he has held since May 2018. To date, he has been a driving force behind the company’s focus on and commitment to bringing better connectivity, through fibre networks, to all South Africans. Under his leadership, the fibre network operator launched a world-first of its kind prepaid platform for fibre-to-the-home services for lower-income communities. By the end of March 2021, the company passed more than one million homes, the first fibre network operator in the country to do so.