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Interview: Tamir Shklaz, founder of PPE marketplace Insupply
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral's Duncan McLeod speaks to Tamir Shklaz, the founder of Insupply, an online marketplace built to help connect buyers and sellers of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 crisis. Insupply has drawn investment from two well-known South African technology entrepreneurs, Justin Drennan and…
DFA's Vino Govender on the telecoms sector after Covid-19
Dark Fibre Africa executive for strategy, mergers & acquisitions Vino Govender joins the TechCentral podcast for a discussion on how Covid-19 and the lockdown in South Africa have affected both DFA and the telecommunications industry more broadly. In the podcast, Govender talks about how DFA prepared for the lockdown, what…
Nico Steyn on IoT.nxt’s growth plans, a year after the Vodacom acquisition
Promoted | Nico Steyn, co-founder and CEO of IoT.nxt, joins TechCentral for a discussion on how the company has grown a year on from Vodacom Group’s blockbuster acquisition of a 51% stake in the business. In the podcast, Steyn talks about how the company is working with Vodacom – and…
Interview: Sébastien Stormacq on AWS's Cape Town data centres
Promoted | Continuing the discussion of last week with iOCO executive head of cloud Richard Vester, TechCentral is joined by Amazon Web Services principal developer advocate Sébastien Stormacq to explore the brave new world of hyperscale computing. In this episode, Stormacq is joined by Vester to discuss the impact of…
Interview: DPA CEO Norman Moyo on solving Africa's power woes
Norman Moyo, CEO of Econet Group-owned Distributed Power Africa (DPA), believes Africa can solve its power supply woes by unleashing the private sector in the same way as has happened in telecommunications. In this episode of the podcast, Moyo explains why he thinks the telecoms model, where the private sector…
Interview: Nutanix Xi Frame desktop-as-a-service offering now in SA
Enterprise cloud computing specialist Nutanix this week launched its desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering in the South African market - an opportune time given the Covid-19 pandemic and the work-from-home measures currently in place. To discuss the launch of Xi Frame and what it means for local enterprises, TechCentral is joined in…
Interview: iOCO's Richard Vester on the brave new world of hyperscale computing
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Richard Vester, executive director and head of cloud at IT services company iOCO, for a discussion on the "brave new world of hyperscale computing". In the podcast, Vester explores the impact of the opening in South Africa of hyperscale…
Interview: Leon Louw of the Free Market Foundation
Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw joins Duncan McLeod on the podcast for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown -- and why Louw thinks it's a dreadful mistake. He explains why he believes the impact of the lockdown on people's livelihoods -- and the resultant poverty and death --…
Interview: Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz
TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz for a discussion on the company's recent acquisition of Standard Bank's Samrand data centre. Duproz explains why the company bought the Gauteng facility, why he believes it's one of the best data centres in the world and…
Seacom's Steve Briggs on WonderNet and Covid-19-led digital disruption
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Seacom chief commercial officer Steve Briggs for a discussion on the company's new fibre-to-the-home Internet service provider, WonderNet, as well as a look at how Covid-19 is forcing the world to transform digitally. Briggs explains why Seacom decided to…
Interview: BBD executives on getting digital transformation right
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to BBD chief digital officer Peter Scheffel and company executive Andries Janse van Rensburg in a fascinating discussion on digital transformation in light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on business. In the podcast, Scheffel and Janse van Rensburg discuss…
Interview: WeWork South Africa GM Stafford Masie
Well-known South African technology entrepreneur Stafford Masie, who was appointed as GM of WeWork South Africa last year, joins the podcast to talk about what he’s been up to, the impact of Covid-19 on WeWork – and the economy more broadly – and why e-commerce should be opened up fully…
Measuring the real economic impact of the lockdown
Just how badly has the economy been hit by the lockdown to fight Covid-19? Mark Sternberg, MD of Spark ATM Systems, says it's able to quantify the impact long before GDP data is released. The problem with GDP data, when it’s released, is that’s it’s by no means a current…
Interview: Miriam Altman on the lockdown, e-commerce and saving the economy
Miriam Altman, a commissioner on the National Planning Commission, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown, its impact and how to save the economy. Altman, who is a former chief strategy officer at Telkom and a director at Altman Advisory (among other roles), shares her…
Openserve's Althon Beukes on why Telkom is launching 'naked ADSL'
Telkom announced earlier this week that its wholesale division, Openserve, is launching a new product for Internet service providers that means consumers are no longer required to buy a copper line from Telkom’s retail division. The move, known colloquially as "naked ADSL", is one that has long been requested from…
Interview: Cars.co.za co-founder Ross McIlroy
Ross McIlroy, co-founder of Cars.co.za, joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod on the podcast to talk about the launch of the company's new motoring show on YouTube, the outlook for the car industry after the Covid-19 pandemic and much more besides. McIlroy explains how Cars.co.za got its start, how it built its…
Bottles app founders on how they pivoted in a crisis - and came out on top
Not all businesses are suffering during the lockdown. When Enrico Ferigolli and Vincent Viviers, the founders of alcohol delivery app Bottles, learnt just over five weeks ago that government was banning liquor sales, it came as a shock. But the start-up rapidly pivoted its business, forming a partnership with retail…
Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner returns
Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi Technologies, returns to TechCentral for a fascinating discussion on the world of Web browsers. Vivaldi this week launched version 3.0 of its desktop browser, while its Android version was released from beta. In the podcast, Von Tetzchner, who is a co-founder of Norway's Opera…
Indigo Broadband's Keith Pitout on TV white spaces in South Africa
Keith Pitout, chief technology officer of Indigo Broadband, joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a discussion on television whites-spaces networks in South Africa. Last Friday, communications regulator Icasa announced, as part of its licensing of emergency temporary spectrum to allow operators to cope with increased network demand during the Covid-19 crisis,…
Interview: Mimecast's Brian Pinnock on malware threats in the Covid-19 era
Promoted | Brian Pinnock, director of sales engineering in the Middle East & Africa at Mimecast, joins TechCentral for a wide-ranging discussion on the security implications of the Covid-19 lockdown. With millions of people working from home, securing remote workforces has suddenly become an imperative and a big challenge, especially…