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TC|Daily | Massmart’s big e-commerce play – the...

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2022/09/28

Walmart-owned retail group Massmart has ambitious plans to become one of the most significant players in e-commerce in South Africa. In this episode of TC|Daily, TechCentral’s new technology show, the retail group’s head of e-commerce, Sylvester John, joins Duncan McLeod in-studio to unpack its plans. John, who was a key figure behind the development of e-commerce platforms at Walmart, believes the online shopping market in South Africa is poised for lift-off – from less than 4% of total retail

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56:43

TC|Daily | Simon Dingle on the ZARP rand stablecoin,...

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2022/09/26

Former technology journalist and now author and entrepreneur Simon Dingle is the guest in this episode of TechCentral's TC|Daily. Dingle, who co-founded the rand-pegged stablecoin ZARP with Kenny Inggs, chats about some of the latest development in the world of cryptocurrencies. In this episode of TC|Daily, he unpacks: * The thinking behind ZARP * What it takes to run a stablecoin * Stablecoin regulation * Ethereum's big "Merge" - how important was it? * Is crypto bad for the planet? * What to watch

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1:03:26

Everything PC S02E01 - 'The fat little kid'

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2022/09/23

The South African technology show all about personal computers is back for season 2. This season is sponsored by HP and Microsoft. In episode 1 of the new season, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius chat about developments at the big chip companies covered in season 1, including Intel, AMD and Nvidia. They then look forward to what's coming in the world of PCs for the rest of the year, including a looming battle over next-generation GPUs between AMD and Nvidia. A new segment of the show also

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40:44

TC|Daily | GridCars, and the race to build SA's EV...

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2022/09/21

Alviva Holdings-owned GridCars has built South Africa’s largest network of charging stations for electric vehicles – more than 300 so far – yet the company is just getting started, says CEO Winstone Jordaan. Jordaan joined TC|Daily, TechCentral new technology show, for a discussion about the roll-out EV charging infrastructure in South Africa. In the show, Jordaan talks about the genesis of GridCars and why he thinks the EV revolution is about to get going in South Africa, despite the country’s

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38:27

TC|Daily | PayShap: The fintech revolution coming to...

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2022/09/19

Big changes are coming to the payments industry in South Africa early next year, including cheap and instantaneous payments directly to mobile numbers – no bank account number or branch code required. BankservAfrica has been working behind the scenes for years on a major system overhaul that, when it goes live, will dramatically shake up the financial services sector in South Africa, ushering in a new era of fintech-led innovation. Through a project called the Rapid Payments Programme (RPP) – which

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28:56

TC|Daily | Andy Higgins and the amazing story behind...

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2022/09/15

Andy Higgins is a pioneer in e-commerce in South Africa – just don’t call him a “veteran”, he says, because the industry is still just getting started and he plans to be a part of its development for years to come. In this interview on TechCentral’s new technology show, TC|Daily, Higgins joins Duncan McLeod in the studio to talk about his latest venture, called Bob Group, which is an amalgamation of two businesses he either founded or c-founded, Bidorbuy and uAfrica. Higgins, who started Bidorbuy in

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35:34

Impact Series | Tesh Durvasula on the African data...

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2022/09/15

Africa Data Centres’ newly appointed CEO, Tesh Durvasula, says investment in ICT in Africa is creating nearly boundless opportunities for growth. Investments in new undersea cables, terrestrial fibre networks and data centres – the latter led by companies like ADC – is helping meet fast-expanding demand from a youthful African population that is coming online for the first time. Speaking on TechCentral’s new Impact Series technology show, Durvasula explains why he thinks population trends are

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45:50

TC|Daily | Mercedes-Benz: 50% of our car sales in SA...

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2022/09/13

Despite the challenges in convincing South African drivers to ditch fossil fuel-powered vehicles for electric alternatives, Mercedes-Benz South Africa co-CEO Mark Raine predicts that more than half of the company’s car sales locally by the end of 2026 will be fully electric. That’s just four years from now (plus a few months), yet Raine believes the South African luxury vehicle-buying market is ready for this massive shift. And he’s betting big on it, with Mercedes announcing four new EVs coming to

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22:13

Behind the scenes at CipherWave [promoted]

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2022/09/13

The telecommunications landscape is more competitive than ever and is scaling rapidly. In this environment, CipherWave is building a portfolio of service businesses. In this podcast, TechCentral gets a sneak peek into what CipherWave is building and where the business is headed. The holding company, led by CEO Wayne D’Sa, has a number of subsidiaries, through which D'Sa and his teams are delivering technology solutions to growing businesses -- with a deliberate focus on value creation. These

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25:26

Retail Capital partners with Sage and AWCape for...

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2022/09/12

Retail Capital identified Sage Intacct as a cost-effective solution for its business, which has been experiencing exponential growth. Chief financial officer Tyler Posthumus studied Retail Capital’s requirements to scale, and quite specifically stipulated the need for a robust ERP solution with API (application programming interface) capabilities for automation. There also needed to be minimal disruption to the business. Through an existing and well-defined partnership with AWCape, Retail Capital

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39:49

[TC|Daily] 'Biggest event ever in crypto': Revix CEO...

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2022/09/12

In the inaugural episode of TechCentral’s new technology show, TC|Daily, Sean Sanders, CEO of Cape Town-based cryptocurrency platform Revix, chats to host Duncan McLeod about the imminent “Merge” affecting the ethereum blockchain and what it means. Sanders explains what the Merge is, how it will impact the blockchain and what it might mean for investors in the ether token. Could it even lead to the so-called “Flippening”, where ether overtakes bitcoin to become the most valuable crypto token by

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21:46

Qush: Why prevention is always better than cure...

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2022/08/11

In this podcast, TechCentral speaks to security specialists Qush Security about companies’ data risks and insider threats. Chris Denbigh-White, Qush’s director for global customer success, contextualises how the company’s Reveal platform creates relevant visibility for companies to make the right decisions at the right time to protect their people, their operations and their reputations. Fallon Steyn, regional sales manager for Middle East and Africa at Qush, then illustrates how the user is central

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16:25

e4's Adri Führi on encouraging more women into tech...

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2022/08/10

According to Statistics South Africa, only 23% of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) fields are women. This is clearly an opportunity for diversification and transformation. Adri Führi is chief financial officer and transformation lead at e4. She is passionate about advocating for more female-led initiatives in the IT sector. TechCentral spoke to Führi about her vision and her practical experiences. The barriers to entry as a young learner have been lifted: the

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20:36

How South Africa can woo more women into tech [promoted]

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2022/08/04

In an enlightening and quite personal conversation, TechCentral sat down with Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, to discuss some of the misnomers and truths about gender bias in the IT sector. While the conversation is very much focused on encouraging young women to consider careers in tech, it also outlines some practical steps we can all take to create opportunities for young women in the sector. Collard talks about how she used to be

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24:29

Book and check-in via WhatsApp? FlySafair is on it...

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2022/07/28

Never mind the convenience of a mobile app for booking and managing your flights: how great would it be to be able to do all that using WhatsApp? The customer-centric and innovative team at FlySafair are committed to driving digitisation while remaining agile and relevant – all while maintaining their core values and, of course, having some fun at the same time. The airline industry has had to adapt to challenges more than most in recent years, and has had to invest into an unknown future. Through

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29:19

Why Dell's next-gen PowerEdge servers change the game...

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2022/07/27

There are big technological changes happening in the sometimes arcane world of server computing, as Pinnacle ICT’s Ricky Pereira and Peter van der Merwe reveal in this episode of the podcast. Pereira, who is Pinnacle’s Dell Enterprise product manager, and Van der Merwe, a pre-sales engineer, unpack the new range of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers and the innovations these workhorses are bringing to a data centre near you. Pereira unpacks why these 15th-generation PC servers from Dell are game changers,

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24:50

Demystifying the complexity of AI – fact vs fiction...

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2022/07/06

There are many preconceived ideas and myths about what AI is and value it can or cannot bring to an organisation. This interview, with CallMiner vice president of AI Rick Britt, centres on a selection of myths around AI, what it is, and the value drawn from using it. Many brands see fully automated CX (customer experience) as a quick and easy way to cut costs, increase issue resolution and improve customer satisfaction. Yet the number one reason customers are directed to a live agent after a failed

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23:23

How your organisation can triage its information...

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2022/06/22

Cybersecurity Solutions for a Riskier World, the largest benchmarking study of C-level cybersecurity decision makers, found that leaders who adopt a risk-based approach experienced considerably less breaches than others. Additionally, their time to respond to and mitigate a breach was significantly faster. To be considered a risk-based leader, organisations need to score higher in areas such as attack surface visibility, attack simulation, exposure management, risk scoring and vulnerability

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18:44

The youth might just save us [promoted]

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2022/06/15

In order to effectively defend ourselves and our organisations’ critical assets, we need to increase the global cybersecurity workforce. According to the research compiled by Fortinet, 80% of organisations experienced at least one breach in the last 12 months that they could attribute to a lack of cybersecurity skills or awareness. This is something that cannot be ignored. In this podcast, TechCentral speaks to Paul Williams, country manager for SADC and the Indian Ocean Islands at Fortinet, about

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1:49:56

Everything PC S01E06 - 'Apple Silicon'

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2022/06/15

In the final episode of season 1 of TechCentral’s Everything PC show, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius discuss Apple’s decision to design its own chips for Mac. There’s no doubt that Apple’s decision to ditch Intel in favour of its own silicon designs – the chips are made by Taiwan’s TSMC – has had a significant impact, not only on the company, but on the broader computer industry. Apple’s latest computers, based on the M1 chip (and more recently, the M2), are fast and energy efficient

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