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Why Telkom is getting into financial services
In this episode, Duncan McLeod speaks to Telkom Financial Services managing executive Sibusiso Ngwenya to unpack the news at the weekend that the telecommunications operator is launching a range of financial services products. Telkom has launched a life insurance business and, like other operators, has begun offering funeral insurance --…
Interview: Wiocc chief development officer Darren Bedford
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod interviews Darren Bedford, chief development officer at Wiocc, a telecommunications infrastructure company originally founded to invest in the Eassy cable system along Africa's east coast. Bedford unpacks who Wiocc's shareholders are, why the company was founded to invest in Eassy,…
IoT.nxt executives on tackling the skills crisis [promoted]
Skills in the IT industry are in short supply and have been for decades. But the skills shortage in the Internet of things (IoT) arena is even more acute. In the fourth and final in a series of interviews with IoT.nxt, TechCentral is joined by the company's chief digital officer,…
Pinnacle's Fred Saayman on Huawei and disruption [promoted]
Fred Saayman, head of the Huawei business unit at Pinnacle, returns to the podcast for a discussion on the impact of US sanctions on the Chinese ICT giant's business, especially in the South African context. In the podcast, Saayman explains that Huawei has made good progress dealing with the challenges…
Dell Technologies' Tony Bartlett on the rise of edge computing [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Dell Technologies South Africa director of data centre compute Tony Bartlett for a discussion on some of the major trends affecting the IT industry. Specifically, Bartlett talks about the rise of edge computing and what's driving it, and explains…
Dell's Chris Buchanan on the dynamics of the new workforce [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Dell Technologies South Africa client solutions director Chris Buchanan for a discussion on how Covid-19 has brought about dramatic changes in the workforce. The pandemic has been called a Black Swan event, something that only comes around once in a…
Interview: Seacom CIO Marius Burger on cloud in the time of Covid [promoted]
Seacom chief information officer and head of Seacom Cloud Marius Burger joins the TechCentral podcast for a discussion on cloud computing and the company's approach to market. Burger discusses how cloud computing's role has changed (or, rather, how people's perceptions of its role have changed) as a result of the…
IoT.nxt's Nico Steyn and André Jacobs on the value of innovation [promoted]
In the third of a series of podcasts with IoT.nxt, the company's CEO, Nico Steyn, and chief of product engineering, André Jacobs, join TechCentral for a discussion on innovation. Innovation is probably something we don’t see enough of in South Africa’s IT industry, with many of the large players in…
Dell Technologies rings the changes - MD Doug Woolley on where to next [promoted]
TechCentral is joined in this episode of the podcast by Doug Woolley, MD of Dell Technologies South Africa, for a discussion on the company post Dell's blockbuster acquisition in 2016 of EMC for US$67-billion and how that deal has changed the organisation. In the first of a series of three…
Ex-Huge Group CEO Anton Potgieter on his new telecoms venture
Anton Potgieter, founder of TelePassport and a former CEO of Huge Group, has a new venture in the telecommunications space. Called Trabel, the Cape Town-based company has developed Scotty BusinessLine, an app and service he said will "reinvent business calls on cellphones". Scotty BusinessLine provides “a second or business telephone…
Interview: Giovanni Chiarelli on MTN South Africa's 5G launch
MTN South Africa chief technology and information officer Giovanni Chiarelli joins the TechCentral podcast to chat about the company's launch on Tuesday of its commercial 5G network and what was involved. In the podcast, Chiarelli talks about why MTN has chosen the cities and towns it has for the launch,…
Revix CEO Sean Sanders on investing in crypto [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Revix co-founder and CEO Sean Sanders about cryptocurrencies as an investment class. Revix, which offers access to bitcoin and other crypto assets through crypto Bundles, is backed by JSE-listed investment holding company Sabvest. In the podcast, Sanders - who has…
Interview: William Mzimba on why Vodacom acquired IoT.nxt [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by IoT.nxt CEO Nico Steyn and Vodacom Business CEO William Mzimba to talk about Vodacom's acquisition of the company and the work it is doing for the telecommunications operator and its parent, Vodafone Group. In the podcast, Mzimba unpacks what…
Interview: TTRO's Dom Oettl and iOCO's Richard Vester on the advantage of cloud [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Dom Oettl, MD of The Training Room Online (TTRO), on how the company has used cloud computing -- and specifically Amazon Web Services -- to underpin its business success. TTRO designs and develops learning solutions using immersive technologies and learning methodologies…
Interview: Vumacam CEO Ricky Croock
Crime has accelerated dramatically since the end of level 4 of the national lockdown and is now easily as bad as it was before South Africa entered the lockdown in late March. That's according to Ricky Croock, CEO of Vumacam, the company building a CCTV network across Johannesburg, who was…
Eaton's Jaco du Plooy on the role of UPSes during load shedding and Covid-19 [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Eaton product manager for Africa Jaco du Plooy about the role UPS solutions can play in load shedding and in saving lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Du Plooy takes viewers and listeners through the range of UPS solutions that Eaton…
Interview: SweepSouth co-founder Alen Ribic
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Alen Ribic, co-founder - with his wife, Aisha Pandor - of SweepSouth, the on-demand home cleaning company that last year raised R30-million in a funding round from Naspers. Ribic talks about the challenges of starting and running…
Skybox Security on toughening up IT defences in a pandemic [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Peter Margaris and Simone Santana of Skybox Security for a discussion on why information security must remain a top priority through the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. Santana, who is business development director for Skybox Security in South Africa, discusses…
iOCO's Varsha Ramesar on doing analytics right in the hyperscale world [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by iOCO managing executive for data and analytics Varsha Ramesar and iOCO executive head of cloud Richard Vester for a further discussion on hyperscale computing. Specifically, Ramesar and Vester delve into three key areas in the hyperscale computing and cloud discussion,…
Mike Sharman on launching MatchKit.co with Bryan Habana
Mike Sharman, founder of digital marketing agency Retroviral, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a chat about MatchKit.io, a new website builder aimed at sports professionals. Founded by Sharman, Springbok rugby player Bryan Habana, and sports content creator and broadcaster Ben Karpinski, Retroactive - which owns MatchKit.co - intends to…