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Interview: IoT.nxt CEO Nico Steyn
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews IoT.nxt co-founder and CEO Nico Steyn about the recently announced acquisition by Vodacom Group of 51% of the company. Steyn explains how the deal came about, what IoT.nxt will use the capital injection to do and what’s next for the Centurion,…
Interview: Sophos's Paul Ducklin on WhatsApp security
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Paul Ducklin from British security company Sophos about the news that WhatsApp has been targeted by an advanced "cyber actor", who exploited the software’s voice calling feature. The exploit allowed attackers to potentially install malicious code on targeted users' smartphones. Ducklin…
Interview: Axiz CTO Jacques Malherbe on the changing role of distribution
In this promoted episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Axiz chief technology officer Jacques Malherbe on how the ICT distribution industry is changing significantly. Driven by the growth of cloud computing, digital transformation and a less comprehensive role being played by original equipment manufacturers, the relationship between these…
Interview: BBD director Gus Pringle on SA's IT skills crunch
In this promoted episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews BBD director Gus Pringle about the IT skills challenge in South Africa and the work that the company is doing to try to mitigate the problem. Pringle explains that no matter how many IT skills are developed, this is…
TalkCentral: Ep 257 - 'Breaking the Fold'
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg take to YouTube for their first-ever live video discussion to talk about Samsung's breaking Galaxy Fold smartphone. What do Samsung's problems mean for the future of foldable phones - and will anyone buy a Fold in light…
Interview: Seacom Business South Africa GM Grant Parker
In the third of a series of promoted podcasts with Seacom, TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod talks to Seacom Business South Africa GM Grant Parker about the “smoke and mirrors” of the country’s Internet market. Parker kicks off the discussion with a look back at the development of the Internet industry in…
Interview: Dominic Cull on the Films and Publications Amendment Bill
In this episode, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Regardt van der Berg for an interview with Dominic Cull on the contentious Films and Publications Amendment Bill, which may soon be signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Cull, who is a legal and regulatory expert with Ellipsis and…
Interview: Pinnacle Dell EMC brand manager Ricky Pereira
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral talks to Ricky Pereira, Dell EMC brand manager at Pinnacle, about how companies are using hyperconverged infrastructure to solve their complex IT challenges. In the podcast, Pereira talks about Dell EMC’s VxRail appliance solution, which helps companies virtualise their IT infrastructure, in…
Interview: Kwese Free TV's Zolile Ntukwana
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Econet Media group regulatory affairs executive Zolile Ntukwana about the new licensed free-to-air television provider Kwese Free TV, for which he is spokesman. Kwese Free TV was awarded a licence from communications regulator Icasa last week to launch a free-to-air terrestrial…
Interview: Standard Bank Group CIO Alpheus Mangale
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks to Standard Bank Group chief information officer Alpheus Mangale about its big announcement on Wednesday that it has selected Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider. Standard Bank plans to shift various production workloads, including its customer-facing platforms, to the…
Interview: Seacom chief commercial officer Steve Briggs
In the second of a series of promoted podcasts with Seacom, TechCentral's Duncan McLeod talks to chief commercial officer Steve Briggs about how technology is reshaping society. The conversation touches the digital divide - especially in the South African context - and what can be done to address it. This…
Interview: ZimboCash's Philip Haslam
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks to Philip Haslam, one of the people behind ZimboCash, a company that is building an alternative national currency for the troubled Zimbabwean economy. Built on a blockchain, the idea behind the cryptocurrency is to help ordinary Zimbabweans escape the clutches…
Interview: Ari Kahn speaks out on the 'please call me' saga
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Ari Kahn, the former MTN contractor who invented and patented the "Callme" service while working at the mobile operator. Kahn, who Vodacom recently admitted came up with the idea on which its own "please call me" service…
Interview: BCX chief sales officer Werner Lindemann
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews newly appointed BCX chief sales officer Werner Lindemann about the challenges facing companies as they grapple with digital transformation and the move to cloud. Lindemann, a veteran of South Africa's ICT industry - he has worked for, among others, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers…
Interview: Seacom CEO Byron Clatterbuck
In the first of a series of promoted podcasts with Seacom, TechCentral's Duncan McLeod talks to CEO Byron Clatterbuck about the origin of the business, how he became involved, the launch of Seacom Business and where the company is going. Clatterbuck talks about the launch nine years ago of the…
Promoted | Exploring Huawei's network energy solutions, with Pinnacle
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral interviews Huawei and Pinnacle executives on Huawei’s IT networking energy portfolio. Fred Saayman, Huawei Business Unit executive at Pinnacle, and John Davidson, senior product manager at Huawei, talk about the Chinese ICT giant’s range of product offerings in the networked energy space,…
Promoted | Exploring Huawei's IT solutions, with Pinnacle
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral interviews Huawei and Pinnacle executives on Huawei's IT solutions portfolio, from servers to storage and everything in between. Fred Saayman, Huawei Business Unit executive at Pinnacle, and Morgan Malyon, executive product director in the South Africa enterprise solutions sales department at Huawei,…
Interview: VALR.com CEO Farzam Ehsani
Former Rand Merchant Bank blockchain lead Farzam Ehsani returns to the TechCentral podcast to talk about his latest venture, cryptocurrency exchange VALR.com. In the podcast, Ehsani explains why he left RMB to start VALR, what the start-up does, who it's targeted it and who's backing it. He explains why VALR…
Interview: Monero's Riccardo Spagni returns
Monero lead maintainer and Tari co-founder Riccardo Spagni returns to the TechCentral podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about the great cryptocurrency crash of 2018 and the importance of privacy in the digital age. In the podcast with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod, Spagni -- also known as "fluffypony" -- chats about…
Interview: Hello Group CEO Nadir Khamissa
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod sits down with Hello Group co-founder and CEO Nadir Khamissa for an update on the company's growth in the past few years and its ambitions in the financial services market. Founded about 13 years ago by Khamissa and his brother Shaazim, Hello…