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Interview: Vox CEO Jacques du Toit

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Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Vox CEO Jacques du Toit returns to the show to talk about the company's plans for 2018.
Du Toit unpacks Vox's fibre roll-out projects, explaining why the company is particularly interested in targeting smaller towns across South Africa.
He then talks about what Vox is doing in the Internet of things (IoT) space, and why he believes there is a huge market opportunity in everything from vehicle tracking to agriculture.
Vox also has plans to launch specialised streaming content bouquets targeted at specific communities - Du Toit explains why the company is taking a different approach to its video-streaming rivals.
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20 Feb 2018 English South Africa Technology · Business

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