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TC|Daily | Alan Dickson on why Reunert is thriving
Despite being one of South Africa’s oldest companies – it was founded in 1888 and listed on the JSE in 1948 – Reunert is a picture of health. The group, which owns assets in engineering, electronics, IT and defence, last month reported a 16% improvement in full-year revenue to 30…
Impact Series | Anna Collard: ‘Be mindful and vigilant for better security’
Cognitive overload is leading to obvious security vulnerabilities as the wave of cybercrime gets worse. We can’t risk being hacked as a result of being distracted, yet many employees risk making critical mistakes, especially if they are overstressed. Can we promote a happier, healthier and safer working environment by taking…
Impact Series | Wi-Fi 7 and the future of wireless networking
The constraints on the global and local supply of critical components, compounded by numerous logistics issues, has made 2022 a challenging one for the ICT industry. Although industry players have made every effort to deliver, when there are no parts there really are no parts! TechCentral’s Impact Series jumped into…
TC|Daily | A R3-million TV, and everything else coming from Samsung
How would you like a R3-million TV in your living room? Samsung Electronics is happy to oblige – and they’ll even help you install it. Next year, the Korean consumer electronics giant will launch its new range of ultra-high-premium micro-LED televisions in South Africa – and the top-end model, which…
TC|Daily | Uncapped fibre for R5/day - Isizwe's big gambit
Kayamandi, a township next to Stellenbosch, is the subject of two interesting experiments, which, if they succeed, could transform the way South Africans – and the world – connect to the Internet. The township is the site of two fibre deployments, one being led by Vumatel and the other by…
TC|Daily | Stephen van Coller on what's really happening at EOH
EOH Holdings is about to embark on a rights offer, seeking up to R600-million from its long-suffering shareholders as it moves to deal with the unsustainable debt on its balance sheet. At the same time, the share price – R3.10 at the time of publication – has fallen to levels…
TC|Daily | This South African app wants to help fix your city
Joao Zoio is a man on a mission. As CEO of Acumen Software, he is overseeing the development of My Smart City, a platform that integrates with municipalities to try to resolve service delivery issues quickly and efficiently. The platform, available on the Web or via smartphone apps, allows residents…
TC|Daily | Unpacking the FTX disaster, with OVEX’s Jon Ovadia
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has sent shockwaves through the crypto community worldwide. In this episode of TC|Daily, Jon Ovadia, CEO of South Africa crypto exchange OVEX, joins TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod from Dubai to talk about FTX’s bankruptcy and what it means for South African crypto players and for…
TC|Daily | Mteto Nyati on investing, IT and South Africa's future
Former Altron Group and MTN South Africa chief executive Mteto Nyati has strong views on South Africa, specifically regarding the country's potential with the right leadership in place. Nyati joins Duncan McLeod on TechCentral's TC|Daily technology show to chat about the announcement this week that he has acquired a 40%…
TC|Daily | Russell Southwood on the African telecoms revolution
Russell Southwood probably knows more about the communications revolution in Africa than anyone. The founder and CEO of Balancing Act Africa, Southwood has covered the industry for decades. In a new book, he's now shared the story of how Africa went from having fewer telephone lines than Manhattan in 1986…
Impact Series | Talking the latest in infosec with Palo Alto and CYBER1
In this episode of TechCentral’s Impact Series, CYBER1 Security president and board member Rob Brown and Palo Alto Networks regional director Trevor Coetzee are in the studio to chat about the latest in the ever-changing world of information security. In the show, Brown tells TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod about the decision…
TC|Daily | This start-up wants to save you from Eskom
Wetility co-founder and CEO Vincent Maposa is a busy man. The alternative energy start-up is helping South African homeowners go solar, overcoming (or at least reducing the impact of) load shedding in the process, using financing models that don’t result in prohibitive upfront capital costs. Wetility – pronounced we-tility –…
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…