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Liberty CEO David Munro speaks out on cyberattack
In this special edition of the TechCentral podcast, we bring you a press conference, held on Sunday evening in Johannesburg, at which Liberty Group CEO David Munro spoke out for the first time about a cyberattack on the company's systems and an attempt by cybercriminals to extort millions of rand…
Interview: BlockMesh founder and CEO Bjorn Dingemans
In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined on an Internet call by Bjorn Dingemans, founder and CEO of BlockMesh, a Somerset West-based start-up that wants to create what it calls “the world’s first decentralised, cost-free communications network”. BlockMesh, which ran an initial coin offering earlier this year to raise capital,…
Interview: Rain CEO Willem Roos
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Rain Mobile CEO Willem Roos on the launch of the wireless operator's mobile offerings last week. Roos explains the packages, how they work and who they are targeted at. Roos, who is former CEO of Outsurance, explains why he took up…
Interview: Len de Villiers on being a CIO
In this episode, Duncan McLeod interviews Len de Villiers, until recently group chief information officer at Telkom, to talk about the role of IT management in South Africa. In the wide-ranging discussion, De Villiers talks about his career as a CIO for many of South Africans top companies, including Nedbank,…
Interview: Pieter Uys on the big Vumatel deal
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined on a call by Pieter Uys, nonexecutive chairman of Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), which has just acquired a 34.9% stake in fibre-to-the-home operator Vumatel. CIVH, whose majority shareholder is Remgro, has announced it intends…
Interview: Mark Pilgrim on all things Apple
In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined by South African broadcasting legend and Apple aficionado Mark Pilgrim to talk about Apple's big developer conference happening in San Francisco this week. In the podcast, Pilgrim and McLeod talk about their highlights from the event, including all the big announcements around iOS,…
Interview: New BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi
In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined on a call by Jonas Bogoshi, newly appointed CEO of Telkom subsidiary BCX. Earlier on Friday, Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko announced that Bogoshi would replace BCX CEO Ian Russell with immediate effect. In the podcast, Bogoshi explains that his appointment wasn't entirely…
Interview: Entersekt CEO Schalk Nolte
In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks via an Internet call to Schalk Nolte, CEO of Entersekt, the online security specialist firm based in Stellenbosch. In the podcast, Nolte talks about how Entersekt got its start, how it raised funding, first through an angel investor, and how it was built into…
Interview: Randvest chairman Isaac Mophatlane
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, editor Duncan McLeod catches up with former BCX CEO Isaac Mophatlane, who now chairs Randvest Technology Holdings, about Randvest's acquisition of BT-SA. BT-SA is an ICT infrastructure solutions provider that offers data network, communications, air-conditioning, electrical and security solutions to businesses in Southern…
Interview: Telecoms policy expert Steve Song
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod has a wide-ranging discussion via the Internet with Steve Song, the Canadian-born telecommunications policy and regulatory expert who has extensive experience in and knowledge of ICT issues in Africa. Song, who founded Village Telco – which builds low-cost mesh networking…
Interview: Cell C's Graham Mackinnon on the MTN roaming deal
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks on an Internet call with Cell C chief legal officer Graham Mackinnon about the multibillion-rand 3G and 4G/LTE roaming agreement his company has just signed with MTN South Africa. Mackinnon explains the mechanics of the deal, what it means for consumers…
Interview: Knife Capital's Keet van Zyl
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Knife Capital investment partner Keet van Zyl about the company’s big exit of investment orderTalk to Uber Eats, announced on Wednesday. (See https://techcentral.co.za for the full story.) Van Zyl talks about the investment in orderTalk, its growth in South Africa…
Interview: GloBee CEO Felix Honigwachs
Interview: GloBee CEO Felix Honigwachs In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Felix Honigwachs, CEO of GloBee, a global cryptocurrency payment provider founded by South African cryptocurrency and blockchain expert Riccardo Spagni. The South African start-up, established in 2014, allows online merchants to accept payments through a…
Interview: Monero's Riccardo Spagni, aka 'fluffpony'
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, editor Duncan McLeod talks to Riccardo Spagni, lead maintainer of the monero cryptocurrency project, and Naveen Jain, his co-founder of a new consortium that’s building an open-source blockchain protocol for digital assets called Tari. In the podcast, Spagni, who grew up in Johannesburg…
Interview: SqwidNet acting CEO Phathizwe Malinga
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to SqwidNet acting CEO Phathizwe Malinga about the deployment of Internet of things (IoT) technologies in South Africa. Malinga, who took the reins at SqwidNet following the recent resignation of Reshaad Sha – who is joining Liquid Telecom South Africa…
Interview: Absa senior agricultural economist Wessel Lemmer
***We apologise for the poor audio quality of the call in this podcast.*** In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks to Wessel Lemmer, senior agricultural economist at Absa, how about technology is transforming the agricultural sector in South Africa. Lemmer tells McLeod about how technology is needed…
Interview: MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela returns
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela returns to the show to discuss communications regulator Icasa’s inquiry into the pay-television industry and the future of the sector. In the podcast, Mawela describes the Icasa probe as “irrelevant”, arguing that the broadcasting industry has changed…
Interview: Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod sits down with Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub for a wide-ranging interview on the telecommunications industry in South Africa. In the podcast, Joosub tells TechCentral what he thinks about communications regulator Icasa's new regulations dealing with data…
Interview: Simon Dingle on crypto money
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Simon Dingle, former technology journalist, long-time podcaster, speaker and technologist, about his new book, In Math We Trust, about the world of cryptocurrencies. The book, available in bookstores around South Africa and on Amazon's Kindle, is a quick, three-hour…
Adrian Schofield and Leon Louw on the telecoms bill
ICT industry veteran Adrian Schofield, programme consultant at the Institute of Information Technology Professionals - and a past president of the organisation - has slammed the ANC’s policies on telecommunications, saying they are holding back the sector. Speaking at the Free Market Foundation on Tuesday, Schofield criticised the ruling party…