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TC|Daily | Michael Markovitz: ‘My five years on the SABC board’
You’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone in South Africa as passionate about public broadcasting as Michael Markovitz. A former journalist whose storied career has included serving as adviser to Mandla Langa, the former chairman of communications regulator Icasa, Markovitz has just completed five eventful years as a member of the…
TC|Daily | TV white spaces - the current state of play, with Keith Pitout
Television white-spaces (TVWS) spectrum – the gaps in the frequencies used by terrestrial TV broadcasters – has long been seen as a way of bringing affordable Internet to even remote areas. But what’s happened with the various TVWS initiatives in South Africa? Keith Pitout, a leading local expert on the…
TC|Daily | Vumatel's audacious plan to take fibre to everyone
The leadership teams at Vumatel and Vuma parent Maziv don't dream small. The company, South Africa's largest provider of fibre-to-the-home broadband infrastructure, has an audacious plan to deploy fibre not only to townships - a project that is already well under way - but also to informal settlements. It doesn't…
Everything PC S02E06 - 'The gear we want, the gear we must have'
What's the coolest PC tech in the world right now, the stuff we just have to have, budget be damned? In the final episode of season 2 of Everything PC, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius try to answer this question by picking 10 of the very best bits of…
Impact Series | Telviva Engage: omnichannel customer service
The context of how businesses engage with customers is vital: it reassures clients that they have been heard. Clara Wicht, Telviva senior product and marketing manager, and Rob Lith, chief commercial officer, join James Erasmus to discuss current developments in the customer service industry in this Impact Series episode. Long…
TC|Daily | Netstar CTO Cliff de Wit on IoT, AI and astrophotography
Cliff de Wit, a former Microsoft South Africa director and now chief technology at Altron's Netstar, is passionate about many things: skills development, the internet of things, artificial intelligence ... even astrophotography. He joins TechCentral's Duncan McLeod in the TC|Daily studio for a wide-ranging -- and fascinating -- discussion on…
Impact Series | Audi's Sascha Sauer on the shift to EVs in South Africa
Sascha Sauer, the head of Audi South Africa, believes local electric vehicle sales are poised for take-off, despite challenges such as high importation taxes and customer concerns about load shedding. In this TechCentral Impact Series interview, Sauer says South Africans have started taking a much keener interest in electric cars,…
TC|Daily | What's next for Showmax, with MultiChoice's Barry Dubovsky
Meet the man behind Showmax. As chief operating officer of MultiChoice Connected Video, Barry Dubovsky is leading the charge to bring the 2022 Fifa World Cup to Showmax Pro in 4K. Dubovsky joins Duncan McLeod in the TC|Daily studio to chat about what has been involved in getting Showmax ready…
Everything PC S02E05 - 'A window on HP'
In this special episode of Everything PC, HP Southern Africa regional director Yesh Surjoodeen and Microsoft South Africa chief operating officer Colin Erasmus are in the studio. They join show hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius for a discussion on what they do best in this show: personal computers, with…
TC|Daily | MultiChoice CEO on 4K, DStv Glass and the future of pay TV
The launch of 4K for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, the development of DStv Glass smart TVs, the launch of uncapped fibre services, and more – it’s been a busy period for South Africa’s incumbent pay-TV operator. MultiChoice South Africa CEO Nyiko Shiburi joins TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod in the TC|Daily…
TC|Daily | How MoyaApp is taking on WhatsApp, and winning
The “data-free” messaging app MoyaApp, which already has six million active monthly users in South Africa, is working hard to become as big as WhatsApp in the country. The app’s founder, Gour Lentell, joins Duncan McLeod on TechCentral's technology show, TC|Daily, to talk about how the development of the app…
Everything PC S02E04: - 'Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac'
This is the South African technology show all about personal computers. This season of Everything PC is sponsored by HP and Microsoft. In episode 4 of season 2, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius tackle the world of Mac and macOS. They discuss: * What Apple does well and what…
[TC|Daily] Alviva Holdings: champagne results, a delisting and 'Pierre pressure'
Alviva Holdings’ latest financial results show a group firing on all cylinders – full-year dividend up 90%, revenue up 57% and headline earnings per share up 91%. But can the party last? Group CEO Pierre Spies and Craig Brusden, CEO of technology distributor Axiz (Alviva’s largest subsidiary), join Duncan McLeod…
Impact Series | Maxtec and Orca Security – why public cloud is risky business
Unless you have 100% visibility and are continuously scanning your cloud environment, you are vulnerable. According to recent research by Orca Security, 78% of identified attack paths use known vulnerabilities (CVEs) as an initial access attack vector. This is significant because most entry points that are exploited can relatively easily…
TC|Daily | Q-KON’s Dawie de Wet on big changes sweeping the satellite industry
There has never been a more exciting time to be in the satellite communications industry, says Dawie de Wet, CEO of Pretoria-based Q-KON. In this episode of TC|Daily, De Wet, who is one of South Africa’s leading experts in satellite communications technology, tells TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod about the huge…
Everything PC S02E03 - 'Linux, Linux (almost) everywhere'
This is the South African technology show all about personal computers. This season of Everything PC is sponsored by HP and Microsoft. In episode 3 of season 2, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius have a look at the world of open-source software and Linux. They discuss: * The latest…
TC|Daily | Saving Cell C: an interview with Douglas Craigie Stevenson
Spare a thought for Douglas Craigie Stevenson. The Cell C CEO is leading one of the most complex and difficult business turnarounds in South African corporate history. Craigie Stevenson tells TechCentral's Duncan McLeod in this episode of TC|Daily that it's been a stressful few years for the company's management team,…
TC|Daily | Jonas Bogoshi on what's next for BCX - and IT in South Africa
In many respects, South African IT services firm BCX is at a crossroads. The storied company, which is now owned by Telkom, may soon bring in a strategic equity partner. The industry is also facing significant changes, with the shift to cloud changing the business propositions of traditional systems integrators…
TC|Daily | Behind the Sasol Solar Challenge, with owner Rob Walker
Rob Walker, owner and director of the Sasol Solar Challenge, joins TechCentral’s TC|Daily to chat about the biennial event that sees local and international teams “racing” entirely solar-powered vehicles across the length and breadth of South Africa. Founded in 2008 by now GridCars CEO Winstone Jordaan (himself a recent guest…
Everything PC S02E02 - 'The house that Bill built'
This is the South African technology show all about personal computers. This season of Everything PC is sponsored by HP and Microsoft. In episode 2 of season 2, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius chat everything Windows and Microsoft. Among other things, they discuss: * Does Microsoft still care about…