Interview: HP chief technology officer Shane Wall

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Thank you for listening the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to Shane Wall, global chief technology officer at HP and director of HP Labs. Listen as Wall first talks to journalists about the future of technology, including its likely impact on Africa. He chats about the explosive growth of mobile in Africa, the rise of mobile money and opportunities for the continent to participate in the next wave of technology development. After the presentation, McLeod talks to Wall about some of these topics in a little more detail, including the future of 3D printing, Africa's potential role in the next wave of technology and why he thinks the Internet of things represents the next big disruption.
31 Aug 2017 English South Africa Technology · Business

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