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Interview: Vumacam CEO Ricky Croock
Crime has accelerated dramatically since the end of level 4 of the national lockdown and is now easily as bad as it was before South Africa entered the lockdown in late March. That's according to Ricky Croock, CEO of Vumacam, the company building a CCTV network across Johannesburg, who was…
Eaton's Jaco du Plooy on the role of UPSes during load shedding and Covid-19 [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Eaton product manager for Africa Jaco du Plooy about the role UPS solutions can play in load shedding and in saving lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Du Plooy takes viewers and listeners through the range of UPS solutions that Eaton…
Interview: SweepSouth co-founder Alen Ribic
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Alen Ribic, co-founder - with his wife, Aisha Pandor - of SweepSouth, the on-demand home cleaning company that last year raised R30-million in a funding round from Naspers. Ribic talks about the challenges of starting and running…
Skybox Security on toughening up IT defences in a pandemic [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Peter Margaris and Simone Santana of Skybox Security for a discussion on why information security must remain a top priority through the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. Santana, who is business development director for Skybox Security in South Africa, discusses…
iOCO's Varsha Ramesar on doing analytics right in the hyperscale world [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by iOCO managing executive for data and analytics Varsha Ramesar and iOCO executive head of cloud Richard Vester for a further discussion on hyperscale computing. Specifically, Ramesar and Vester delve into three key areas in the hyperscale computing and cloud discussion,…
Mike Sharman on launching MatchKit.co with Bryan Habana
Mike Sharman, founder of digital marketing agency Retroviral, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a chat about MatchKit.io, a new website builder aimed at sports professionals. Founded by Sharman, Springbok rugby player Bryan Habana, and sports content creator and broadcaster Ben Karpinski, Retroactive - which owns MatchKit.co - intends to…
Interview: Tamir Shklaz, founder of PPE marketplace Insupply
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral's Duncan McLeod speaks to Tamir Shklaz, the founder of Insupply, an online marketplace built to help connect buyers and sellers of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 crisis. Insupply has drawn investment from two well-known South African technology entrepreneurs, Justin Drennan and…
DFA's Vino Govender on the telecoms sector after Covid-19
Dark Fibre Africa executive for strategy, mergers & acquisitions Vino Govender joins the TechCentral podcast for a discussion on how Covid-19 and the lockdown in South Africa have affected both DFA and the telecommunications industry more broadly. In the podcast, Govender talks about how DFA prepared for the lockdown, what…
Nico Steyn on IoT.nxt’s growth plans, a year after the Vodacom acquisition
Promoted | Nico Steyn, co-founder and CEO of IoT.nxt, joins TechCentral for a discussion on how the company has grown a year on from Vodacom Group’s blockbuster acquisition of a 51% stake in the business. In the podcast, Steyn talks about how the company is working with Vodacom – and…
Interview: Sébastien Stormacq on AWS's Cape Town data centres
Promoted | Continuing the discussion of last week with iOCO executive head of cloud Richard Vester, TechCentral is joined by Amazon Web Services principal developer advocate Sébastien Stormacq to explore the brave new world of hyperscale computing. In this episode, Stormacq is joined by Vester to discuss the impact of…
Interview: DPA CEO Norman Moyo on solving Africa's power woes
Norman Moyo, CEO of Econet Group-owned Distributed Power Africa (DPA), believes Africa can solve its power supply woes by unleashing the private sector in the same way as has happened in telecommunications. In this episode of the podcast, Moyo explains why he thinks the telecoms model, where the private sector…
Interview: Nutanix Xi Frame desktop-as-a-service offering now in SA
Enterprise cloud computing specialist Nutanix this week launched its desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering in the South African market - an opportune time given the Covid-19 pandemic and the work-from-home measures currently in place. To discuss the launch of Xi Frame and what it means for local enterprises, TechCentral is joined in…
Interview: iOCO's Richard Vester on the brave new world of hyperscale computing
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Richard Vester, executive director and head of cloud at IT services company iOCO, for a discussion on the "brave new world of hyperscale computing". In the podcast, Vester explores the impact of the opening in South Africa of hyperscale…
Interview: Leon Louw of the Free Market Foundation
Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw joins Duncan McLeod on the podcast for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown -- and why Louw thinks it's a dreadful mistake. He explains why he believes the impact of the lockdown on people's livelihoods -- and the resultant poverty and death --…
Interview: Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz
TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod is joined by Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz for a discussion on the company's recent acquisition of Standard Bank's Samrand data centre. Duproz explains why the company bought the Gauteng facility, why he believes it's one of the best data centres in the world and…
Seacom's Steve Briggs on WonderNet and Covid-19-led digital disruption
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Seacom chief commercial officer Steve Briggs for a discussion on the company's new fibre-to-the-home Internet service provider, WonderNet, as well as a look at how Covid-19 is forcing the world to transform digitally. Briggs explains why Seacom decided to…
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…