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Interview: Bidorbuy founder and uAfrica MD Andy Higgins
Andy Higgins, the founder of Bidorbuy and now MD of uAfrica.com, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on his career history -- including his time as a navy diver and as second engineer on a super yacht -- and the state of e-commerce in South Africa in 2020…
Interview: Telkom's Siyabonga Mahlangu on Icasa and spectrum relief
Telkom group executive for regulation Siyabonga Mahlangu joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a discussion on communications regulator Icasa's emergency temporary spectrum relief and what it means for operators, including Telkom. Mahlangu explains what the importance is of Telkom getting access to sub-1GHz mobile spectrum for the first time -- even…
Takealot CEO's lockdown plea to government: Allow unfettered e-commerce
Kim Reid, CEO of South Africa’s largest online retailer, Takealot.com, has made an impassioned plea to government to allow unfettered e-commerce and food delivery as a way of getting the economy going again during and after lockdown.
Paresh Daya on blockchain, the digital rand and the Lehman collapse
Fraxeum chief strategy officer Paresh Daya joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod on the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on blockchain development in South Africa. The conversation starts with a discussion about Daya's time at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in London when the bank collapsed in 2008, sparking the global financial…
Mike Stopforth on building and selling Cerebra - and what comes next
Mike Stopforth joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a discussion on what the Cerebra founder and former CEO has planned next. Stopforth looks back at the founding of Cerebra - including how he "got lucky" with the explosive growth of social media platforms, which the company helped many South African enterprises…
Interview: UCOOK CEO David Torr
Meal-kit delivery service start-up UCOOK, which provides the ingredients to help people make high-quality homemade meals, has seen a huge spike in demand since the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa. CEO David Torr joins the podcast to talk about this, and why UCOOK has been deemed an essential service during…
Interview: Altron CEO Mteto Nyati on unbundling Bytes UK
In this episode of the podcast, Altron CEO Mteto Nyati talks to TechCentral's Duncan McLeod about the group's decision to explore the unbundling and listing of its subsidiary Bytes UK on the London Stock Exchange. Altron announced to the market early on Friday that its board had concluded that the…
Sipho Maseko on Telkom's 'track-and-trace' tech in Covid-19 fight
Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the telecommunications operator's new track-and-trace technology solution designed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. Telkom has developed the track-and-trace solution in partnership with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the CSIR to identify…
Vinny Lingham on Civic, bitcoin, Covid-19 and living in San Diego
South African Internet entrepreneur and Civic CEO Vinny Lingham joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a wide-ranging discussion on everything from the Covid-19 crisis to the price of bitcoin and the latest developments at his latest start-up, Civic. The conversation starts with a discussion on the global coronavirus lockdowns and their…
Interview: Lenovo DCG regional director Jim Holland
In this promoted episode of the podcast, Lenovo Data Centre Group regional director for Southern Africa Jim Holland speaks to TechCentral about how enterprises in South Africa are adopting Internet of things (IoT) technologies. The discussion, flowing from a recent roundtable with IT leaders in South Africa, begins with a…
Interview: Gustav Praekelt on using WhatsApp to fight Covid-19
Gustav Praekelt, founder of the Praekelt Foundation, the non-profit behind the department of health's wildly successful Covid-19 WhatsApp platform, joins the podcast to talk about the service, and how it ratcheted up more than two million users in short order. Praekelt, a technologist at heart, explains what is involved in…
Interview: SUSE's Grant Bennett how SA enterprises are embracing the cloud
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by SUSE country manager Grant Bennett for a discussion on cloud computing in South African enterprises. The discussion follows a recent TechCentral and SUSE-sponsored roundtable event, where corporate IT leaders spoke about the issues around cloud that are exercising their…
Interview: SUSE country manager Grant Bennett on IoT
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to SUSE country manager Grant Bennett about the growing interest in and adoption by enterprises in South Africa of Internet of things (IoT) technologies. The discussion, flowing from a recent roundtable with IT leaders in South Africa, begins with a discussion…
Interview: MortgageMarket founder and CEO Tim Akinnusi
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Tim Akinnusi, founder and CEO of MortgageMarket.co.za, about how the fintech start-up hopes to make it easier – and more financially rewarding – to secure a home loan. In the podcast, Akinnusi -- a former MD of Absa Home Loans…
Interview: Sanofi seeks SA healthtech start-ups for Afric@Tech Challenge
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Thibault Crosnier Leconte, country chairman and GM at French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi, about the company’s initiative to identify and support healthtech start-ups and entrepreneurs. Sanofi is calling for South African entries to the Afric@Tech Challenge, part of the Viva Technology…
Interview: Mmapula Kgari on the Sentech Connect broadband project
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral interviews Sentech chief of sales and marketing Mmapula Kgari about the company's new Sentech Connect broadband project. The idea behind Sentech Connect is for the state-owned communications company to "play a significant role in the implementation of SA Connect’s mandate and servicing…
Interview: Teraco CEO Jan Hnizdo
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Teraco CEO Jan Hnizdo about the data centre operator's massive expansion of its Johannesburg data centre campus. In the podcast, Hnizdo talks about how Teraco has rapidly expanded since its founding in Cape Town 12 years ago, how continued demand, especially…
Interview: iTMaster CEO Stanton Pillay
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined for a discussion by Stanton Pillay, the recently appointed CEO of iTMaster, a national information management consultancy and technology solutions company. Pillay tells TechCentral about the history of the company – it was founded by three women in Polokwane –…
Interview: .ZADNA acting CEO Peter Madavhu
In this promoted episode of the podcast, .ZADNA acting CEO Peter Madavhu joins TechCentral for a discussion on the role of the regulatory agency in South Africa's Internet domain space. In the discussion, Madavhu provides an overview of the .za namespace and what is involved in regulating it. .ZADNA is…
Interview: Axiz's Traci Maynard on incentives in the channel
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral talks to Axiz executive Traci Maynard about the importance - and upsides and risks - of using incentives in the IT distribution channel. Maynard explains why vendors use incentives for their distribution and reseller partners, the impact these incentives have on the…