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Interview: BBD executives on getting digital transformation right
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to BBD chief digital officer Peter Scheffel and company executive Andries Janse van Rensburg in a fascinating discussion on digital transformation in light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on business. In the podcast, Scheffel and Janse van Rensburg discuss…
Interview: WeWork South Africa GM Stafford Masie
Well-known South African technology entrepreneur Stafford Masie, who was appointed as GM of WeWork South Africa last year, joins the podcast to talk about what he’s been up to, the impact of Covid-19 on WeWork – and the economy more broadly – and why e-commerce should be opened up fully…
Measuring the real economic impact of the lockdown
Just how badly has the economy been hit by the lockdown to fight Covid-19? Mark Sternberg, MD of Spark ATM Systems, says it's able to quantify the impact long before GDP data is released. The problem with GDP data, when it’s released, is that’s it’s by no means a current…
Interview: Miriam Altman on the lockdown, e-commerce and saving the economy
Miriam Altman, a commissioner on the National Planning Commission, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown, its impact and how to save the economy. Altman, who is a former chief strategy officer at Telkom and a director at Altman Advisory (among other roles), shares her…
Openserve's Althon Beukes on why Telkom is launching 'naked ADSL'
Telkom announced earlier this week that its wholesale division, Openserve, is launching a new product for Internet service providers that means consumers are no longer required to buy a copper line from Telkom’s retail division. The move, known colloquially as "naked ADSL", is one that has long been requested from…
Interview: Cars.co.za co-founder Ross McIlroy
Ross McIlroy, co-founder of Cars.co.za, joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod on the podcast to talk about the launch of the company's new motoring show on YouTube, the outlook for the car industry after the Covid-19 pandemic and much more besides. McIlroy explains how Cars.co.za got its start, how it built its…
Bottles app founders on how they pivoted in a crisis - and came out on top
Not all businesses are suffering during the lockdown. When Enrico Ferigolli and Vincent Viviers, the founders of alcohol delivery app Bottles, learnt just over five weeks ago that government was banning liquor sales, it came as a shock. But the start-up rapidly pivoted its business, forming a partnership with retail…
Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner returns
Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi Technologies, returns to TechCentral for a fascinating discussion on the world of Web browsers. Vivaldi this week launched version 3.0 of its desktop browser, while its Android version was released from beta. In the podcast, Von Tetzchner, who is a co-founder of Norway's Opera…
Indigo Broadband's Keith Pitout on TV white spaces in South Africa
Keith Pitout, chief technology officer of Indigo Broadband, joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a discussion on television whites-spaces networks in South Africa. Last Friday, communications regulator Icasa announced, as part of its licensing of emergency temporary spectrum to allow operators to cope with increased network demand during the Covid-19 crisis,…
Interview: Mimecast's Brian Pinnock on malware threats in the Covid-19 era
Promoted | Brian Pinnock, director of sales engineering in the Middle East & Africa at Mimecast, joins TechCentral for a wide-ranging discussion on the security implications of the Covid-19 lockdown. With millions of people working from home, securing remote workforces has suddenly become an imperative and a big challenge, especially…
Interview: Bidorbuy founder and uAfrica MD Andy Higgins
Andy Higgins, the founder of Bidorbuy and now MD of uAfrica.com, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on his career history -- including his time as a navy diver and as second engineer on a super yacht -- and the state of e-commerce in South Africa in 2020…
Interview: Telkom's Siyabonga Mahlangu on Icasa and spectrum relief
Telkom group executive for regulation Siyabonga Mahlangu joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a discussion on communications regulator Icasa's emergency temporary spectrum relief and what it means for operators, including Telkom. Mahlangu explains what the importance is of Telkom getting access to sub-1GHz mobile spectrum for the first time -- even…
Takealot CEO's lockdown plea to government: Allow unfettered e-commerce
Kim Reid, CEO of South Africa’s largest online retailer, Takealot.com, has made an impassioned plea to government to allow unfettered e-commerce and food delivery as a way of getting the economy going again during and after lockdown.
Paresh Daya on blockchain, the digital rand and the Lehman collapse
Fraxeum chief strategy officer Paresh Daya joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod on the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on blockchain development in South Africa. The conversation starts with a discussion about Daya's time at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in London when the bank collapsed in 2008, sparking the global financial…
Mike Stopforth on building and selling Cerebra - and what comes next
Mike Stopforth joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a discussion on what the Cerebra founder and former CEO has planned next. Stopforth looks back at the founding of Cerebra - including how he "got lucky" with the explosive growth of social media platforms, which the company helped many South African enterprises…
Interview: UCOOK CEO David Torr
Meal-kit delivery service start-up UCOOK, which provides the ingredients to help people make high-quality homemade meals, has seen a huge spike in demand since the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa. CEO David Torr joins the podcast to talk about this, and why UCOOK has been deemed an essential service during…
Interview: Altron CEO Mteto Nyati on unbundling Bytes UK
In this episode of the podcast, Altron CEO Mteto Nyati talks to TechCentral's Duncan McLeod about the group's decision to explore the unbundling and listing of its subsidiary Bytes UK on the London Stock Exchange. Altron announced to the market early on Friday that its board had concluded that the…
Sipho Maseko on Telkom's 'track-and-trace' tech in Covid-19 fight
Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the telecommunications operator's new track-and-trace technology solution designed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. Telkom has developed the track-and-trace solution in partnership with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the CSIR to identify…
Vinny Lingham on Civic, bitcoin, Covid-19 and living in San Diego
South African Internet entrepreneur and Civic CEO Vinny Lingham joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod for a wide-ranging discussion on everything from the Covid-19 crisis to the price of bitcoin and the latest developments at his latest start-up, Civic. The conversation starts with a discussion on the global coronavirus lockdowns and their…
Interview: Lenovo DCG regional director Jim Holland
In this promoted episode of the podcast, Lenovo Data Centre Group regional director for Southern Africa Jim Holland speaks to TechCentral about how enterprises in South Africa are adopting Internet of things (IoT) technologies. The discussion, flowing from a recent roundtable with IT leaders in South Africa, begins with a…