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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…
Interview: Andrew Fraser on MultiChoice's ANN7 deal
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to independent marketing consultant Andrew Fraser, an expert on South Africa's digital broadcasting migration project, about MultiChoice's controversial payments to the Gupta-aligned 24-hour news channel ANN7. In the podcast, Fraser discusses MultiChoice's upfront payment of R25m…
Interview: Takealot CEO Kim Reid
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Takealot.com CEO Kim Reid chats to Duncan McLeod about the past, present and future of South Africa's biggest online retailer. In the podcast, Reid talks about the e-commerce market in South Africa and explains how Takealot is positioning itself…
Interview: Sipho Maseko on the future of Telkom
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko chats to Duncan McLeod about the future of the telecommunications group. The interview touches on Telkom's underperformance in fixed lines over the past six months and its strong performance in mobile broadband. Where will Telkom focus its capital expenditure…
Interview: Seaborn Networks CEO Larry Schwartz
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod is joined by Larry Schwartz, the CEO of US-based Seaborn Networks, the company that plans to build a new, high-capacity submarine cable system between South Africa and Brazil. The cable, which will have an initial design capacity…
Interview: Inside Cell C's Black, with Surie Ramasary
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Surie Ramasary, the chief executive for content at Black, Cell C's new entertainment and video streaming platform. In the podcast, Ramasary provides detailed insights into the new platform and how it will work. She talks about the new Android…
Interview: Khudu Pitje on Dartcom's new R100m fibre factory
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod talks to Dartcom chairman Khudu Pitje about a new R100m fibre factory the company has built near Mamelodi outside Pretoria. The facility, which will employ as many as 100 people per shift across three shifts a day at peak production, has…
Interview: The legal implications of SA's big data leak
After the news last week of the biggest data leak in South Africa's history, Duncan McLeod chats to IT legal expert Corien Vermaak, director of the Three6Five Academy, about the legal implications. The leak, involving the personal records of more than 60m South Africans, alive and deceased, was revealed by…
Interview: Dracore CEO Chantelle Fraser on SA's giant data leak (20 Oct 17)
Published 20 October 2017. In this special edition of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod sits down with Dracore Data Sciences CEO Chantelle Fraser to talk about the massive data leak exposed this week involving more than 60m South Africa citizens. In the podcast, Fraser explains the timeline of events, how…
The inside scoop on SA's giant data breach
In this special edition of the podcast, Andrew Fraser, who ensured TechCentral was the first media outlet this week to publish the news of the massive data breach involving the leaking of the personal records of more than 30m South African citizens, is joined by SensePost chief technology officer Dominic…
Digital terrestrial television in SA: the state of play
This podcast is a recording of a presentation and panel discussion facilitated by TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod and hosted by the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers on the state of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in South Africa. The event took place on Tuesday at the University of Pretoria. Specifically,…
Interview: Roger McCleery on the future of motoring
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to veteran motoring journalist Roger McCleery on the future of cars. McCleery talks about why electric cars face an uphill struggle in South Africa, but while they're still exciting. He explains why so few electric vehicles…
Interview: Simon Brown on investing in tech stocks
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod speaks to well-known investor, trader and stock market commentator Simon Brown, founder of Just One Lap, on investing in local and international technology stocks. In the podcast, McLeod asks Brown for his views on a number of…
Interview: Inside new JSE tech listing 4Sight Holdings
The JSE is set to get its first new technology listing in years when 4Sight Holdings debuts on the bourse's AltX on Thursday, 19 October. Duncan McLeod sat down with CEO Antonie van Rensburg and Hilton Goodhead, executive head of innovation at subsidiary Digitata, to talk about the listing. In…
Interview: Craig Venter on Altron and ClickaBet
Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to former Altron TMT CEO Craig Venter on what he's been up to since resigning from Altron in 2015. In the podcast, Venter talks about Altron's performance since he left the group. He explains why he…