TechCentral (main feed)
This is the main feed for all of TechCentral's shows and podcasts, including TCS - The TechCentral Show and TCS Impact Series. Never miss anything we produce and publish by subscribing to this feed.
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…
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…