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Interview: Black's Surie Ramasary returns
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, CEO for content at Cell C division Black Surie Ramasary returns to the show to talk about how the video entertainment platform has progressed since its launch four months ago. Ramasary talks about what Black has learnt since launch,…
Spotify launched in SA: the press conference
Spotify, the world's biggest streaming music company, made its debut in South Africa on Tuesday. It's the first entry into Africa for the streaming giant, with the service costing R59.99/month for a single-user subscription. A family plan is likely to be introduced later. The company held a press conference in…
Interview: Why Cell C supports the Woan
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to Cell C chief strategy officer Robert Pasley and chief legal officer Graham Mackinnon about the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill and why the mobile operator is strongly supportive of a plan by the government to create…
Interview: BCX CEO Ian Russell
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod sits down with BCX CEO Ian Russell to talk about the company’s strategy following Telkom’s R2.7bn acquisition of the IT services provider. Russell talks about the opportunities and challenges facing players in the IT services market in South Africa, how the…
SAP on the findings of its Gupta 'kickbacks' probe
German business software giant SAP admitted on Thursday that it had made payments to Gupta-linked companies and uncovered irregularities in the “management of third parties” and adherence to its compliance processes. The Walldorf-headquartered company said it has now finalised an investigation into contracts with Eskom and Transnet and found no…
Interview: Nasa's Jim Adams on aliens, life on Mars and the SKA
Thanks for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to former Nasa deputy chief technologist Jim Adams about everything from the Square Kilometre Array to the search for alien life. In the podcast, Adams - who is in South Africa to instil excitement in schoolchildren to…
Interview: Vox CEO Jacques du Toit
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Vox CEO Jacques du Toit returns to the show to talk about the company's plans for 2018. Du Toit unpacks Vox's fibre roll-out projects, explaining why the company is particularly interested in targeting smaller towns across South Africa. He…
Interview: Deloitte's Mark Casey on the future of technology
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to Mark Casey, Africa leader of the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at consulting firm Deloitte, about a new report from the company looking at its predictions for the TMT space in 2018 and beyond…
Interview: Inside Reunert's SkyWire acquisition
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Mondi Hattingh, Jaco Visagie and Andy Openshaw about Reunert's acquisition, announced this week, of telecommunications specialist SkyWire Technologies. Hattingh and Visagie, who co-founded SkyWire, talk about the founding of the company and why they agreed to sell their business…
Interview: MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela on ANN7, SABC deals
Was MultiChoice justified in ending its contract with formerly Gupta-owned 24-hour news channel ANN7? Did the broadcaster use the deal to try to influence government policy? Did it bully the SABC to try to influence government policy on encryption? These are some the questions TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod put to…
Interview: WiGroup founder and CEO Bevan Ducasse
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats via Skype to wiGroup founder and CEO Bevan Ducasse about the investment the mobile loyalty software company has attracted from Richard Branson's Virgin Group and global retail solutions provider Smollan. Virgin and Smollan join Crossfin Technology Holdings and Investec Asset…
Interview: SportsPodium's Natalie du Toit, Jaco Rossouw and Pieter Botha
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews three of the people behind SportsPodium, a blockchain-based information ledger for sportspeople and sporting communities. In the interview, Natalie du Toit - the former Olympic and Paralympic swimmer who serves as chief development officer of SportsPodium - is joined by…
Interview: Tariffic CEO Antony Seeff on SA's mobile operators
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod interviews Antony Seeff, CEO of Tariffic, the company that helps companies and individuals determine if they’re spending too much on their phone bills. In the discussion, Seeff talks about South Africa’s big four mobile operators and how…
Interview: Giovanni Chiarelli on MTN's 5G trial
Thank for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to MTN South Africa chief technology and information officer Giovanni Chiarelli about the operator’s 5G trial. In the podcast, Chiarelli explains why MTN conducted the trial and what it learnt from it. He explores the road to…
Interview: The African ICT opportunity
In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to International Data Corp associate vice president Mark Walker and IDC research manager for IT services Jon Tullett about ICT opportunities in South Africa and the broader continent. They discuss what's happening in key markets, from Nigeria to Kenya and from Ethiopia to Angola…
Interview: Forus founder Sonny Fisher
In this episode, Duncan McLeod interviews Sonny Fisher, founder of the Forus Global Digital Exchange, a company that hopes to reinvent the financial services industry using blockchain technology. The platform, which has been in development for the past eight years, is meant to achieve “true financial inclusion” by offering zero-fee…
Interview: Mimecast MD Brandon Bekker
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to the regional MD of Mimecast, Brandon Bekker. Many TechCentral podcast listeners will no doubt have heard of Mimecast, which specialises in e-mail security, but few may realise that the Nasdaq-listed company, which has a market…
Leon Louw skewers planned changes to ICT law
Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw has skewered planned amendments to legislation that governs South Africa’s ICT sector, saying the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, which will introduce a wholesale open-access network (Woan), will cause enormous damage to the industry. Speaking to an audience in Johannesburg on Wednesday (click below…
Interview: Sita CEO Setumo Mohapi
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to Setumo Mohapi, CEO of the State IT Agency (Sita), about the crackdown he is leading on corruption at the agency and his plans to transform it. In the podcast, Mohapi reveals that he has received…
Interview: Balwin Fibre MD Andre Pillay
Thank you for listening the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to Andre Pillay, MD of the newly created Balwin Fibre. Balwin Fibre is part of the listed Balwin Properties and is focused on delivering open-access fibre infrastructure to the company's many housing developments in Gauteng, Cape Town…