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Interview: Microsoft SA's Clifford de Wit
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, we chat to Microsoft chief innovation officer Clifford de Wit about all things cloud, including the company's investment into two Azure data centres in South Africa. What does the investment actually mean for companies, and for the average Joe? Why is cloud computing…
Interview: Mustek CEO David Kan
TechCentral chats to a pioneer of the PC industry in South Africa, Mustek founder and CEO David Kan, about 30 years in business, the early days of the PC industry and how the sector has changed over the past three decades. Listen how the Taiwan-born Kan related the story of…
Interview: Rain CEO Duncan Simpson-Craib
iBurst and Broadlink parent Wireless Business Solutions is now called simply Rain. Its CEO, Duncan Simpson-Craib, sat down with TechCentral to talk about the name change, the national LTE-Advanced network the company is building, its partnership with Vodacom, migrating iBurst customers to the new network and what Rain will be…
Interview: MTN SA technology chief Giovanni Chiarelli
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, we chat to MTN South Africa chief technology and information officer Giovanni Chiarelli. It's a fascinating discussion about the technological challenges of running a modern mobile network. The discussion looks at MTN's huge network investment in recent years - in excess of R10bn/year…
Interview: Denel Spaceteq engineer Jonathan Lun
On this episode of the TechCentral podcast, we chat to South African space engineer Jonathan Lun about being named winner of Singularity University's Global Impact Challenge Southern Africa for 2017. As part of his prize, Lun will travel to the US, where he will interact with some of the world’s…
Interview: Kagiso Media's Vincent Maher
E-sports, or competitive videogaming, is rapidly emerging as a big business around the world, and South Africa is no exception. Vincent Maher, chief innovation officer at Kagiso Media, is at the coalface of developments in South Africa. Indeed, Kagiso Media has launched its own e-sports tournament called Mega8, which is…
Interview: Jon Tullett on Microsoft's big Azure investment in SA
In the wake of the significant news this week that Microsoft will open two Azure data centre facilities in South Africa, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sat down with Jon Tullett, research manager for IT services for Africa at Independent Data Corp, to chat about what the decision means for corporate…
Dominic White on the WannaCry ransomware
In this special episode of the TechCentral podcast, SensePost chief technology officer Dominic White, dialling in from London over Skype, chats to TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod about the WannaCry ransomware incident that has grabbed headlines around the world since late last week. White talks about who should be blamed for…
Interview: Corien Vermaak on the Cybercrimes Bill
In this episode of TechCentral, Duncan McLeod chats to Three6Five Academy director Corien Vermaak on the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill. It’s a really interesting – and really important – topic that is going to affect all organisations in South Africa, big and small. Listen as Vermaak walks through the origins…
Interview: Ronnie Apteker, magic maker
In this TechCentral podcast interview, Duncan McLeod chats to South African Internet pioneer, movie maker, investor and entrepreneur Ronnie Apteker about the (excellent) new South African film Beyond the River, which he helped produce. In a wide-ranging interview, hear Apteker chatting about the early days of the Internet in South…
Interview: Mars One candidate Adriana Marais
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Adriana Marais, one of the 100 people worldwide shortlisted by the Mars One project to travel to the Red Planet to establish a human colony. Marais stands a good chance of being one of the first people in history…
Interview: Vumatel CEO Niel Schoeman
In this episode of TechCentral, Duncan McLeod talks to Vumatel CEO Niel Schoeman about the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) market in South Africa. In the discussion, Schoeman chats about how the idea of Vumatel came about, the initial roll-out in Parkhurst and the rapid deployment of infrastructure across Johannesburg. Also in the…
Interview: Vox CEO Jacques du Toit
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod chats to Vox CEO Jacques to Toit about the company's R550m investment plan, announced recently. The money will be used mainly to expand subsidiary Frogfoot's fibre broadband footprint, but also to expand Vox's salesforce. In the podcast, McLeod asks…
Interview: Craige Fleischer on the Samsung Galaxy S8
Head of mobile at Samsung in Southern Africa Craige Fleischer sat down with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod to talk about the launch of the company's new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, in South Africa. The conversation touches on everything from pre-orders of the phone in South Africa to how the…
Interview: Altron CEO Mteto Nyati
Interview: Altron CEO Mteto Nyati Just a month after TechCentral's podcast with former Altron CEO Robbie Venter, Duncan McLeod returns to the group's Parktown, Johannesburg head office to interview new CEO, and former MTN South Africa boss, Mteto Nyati. In this podcast, McLeod asks Nyati about growing up in Mthatha…
Just how secure is biometrics technology?
This is the third podcast in a series on information security. The focus in this interview, with HID Global vice president Greg Sarrail, is on biometric technologies. Though the focus is on fingerprint recognition technology, the conversation also covers iris scanning, voice recognition and facial recognition. Biometrics is taking off…
Interview: Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos sat down with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod to talk about the state of the telecommunications industry in South Africa, in specific reference to ICT policy. In the podcast, Dos Santos explains why he thinks government's plan to mandate a national wholesale open-access network is…
Interview: SensePost CTO Dominic White
Dominic White is chief technology officer at SensePost and one of the top experts on information security in South Africa. In this podcast, White talks in detail about how people should secure themselves online - what they need to do to ensure they don't become a victim. It's a wide-ranging…
SA firms turn to 'hunting' to fight cybercrime
In the first of several TechCentral podcast interviews diving into cybersecurity issues, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sat down with Jacques Louw, director and head of cyber defence at MWR InfoSecurity in South Africa, to talk about how companies, especially in the financial services sector, are turning to "threat hunting" techniques…
Phuthuma Nhleko on the past, present and future of MTN
TechCentral's editor sat down with outgoing MTN group interim executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko, who makes way on Monday for incoming group CEO Rob Shuter, to talk about the past, present and future of the telecommunications giant. In the interview, McLeod asks Nhleko about what he believes his biggest achievement was…