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What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou

What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou is South Africa’s most popular technology show. The who’s who of South Africa’s technology and business world are interviewed on the show.

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00:41:44

Andrew Cruise and Lee Syse on how South African...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/14

Andrew Cruise is a co-founder and MD at Routed – with the latter being a position he has held since June 2016. Cruise and two business partners started Routed to help large enterprises migrate their important applications to the cloud. They chose VMware Cloud Director for this purpose and have since built a VMware Cloud with 100% uptime. On this What’s Next episode, Cruise is joined by Lee Syse, Lead Cloud Solutions Architect for the Cloud Providers business at VMware Sub-Saharan Africa.He has

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00:16:21

Temenos Sales Director Craig Anderson on market...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/14

Craig Anderson is the Temenos Sales Director for the Africa region – a position he has held since February 2022. Before taking up his current role, Anderson accrued experience at a variety of prominent businesses, including Oracle, EY, and FIS. He is passionate about educating prospective Temenos clients on the benefits of the company’s banking products – such as its banking cloud product, as well as platforms like Temenos Infinity and Temenos Transact. In this What’s Next interview, Anderson

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00:26:37

Dimension Data’s Neal Botje discusses the...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/14

Neal Botje is the Practice Head of Security for Dimension Data, a position he has held since August 2021. He is passionate about data privacy and information security, and has a background in problem-solving, critical and systems thinking, and protecting sensitive data for large financial institutions. Botje previously worked at XON as the Head of Information Security and Compliance for over five years. He then joined McAfee in 2016 as an Enterprise Account Executive involved in data protection

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00:24:24

iTried CEO Wynand Theron Talks About Protecting SMEs’...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/14

Wynand Theron is the CEO of iTried, an IT services and consulting company that he founded to help start-ups, SMEs, and schools protect their cloud data and build a secure business. He is an experienced IT manager and entrepreneur who has worked in the ICT, hospitality, and co-working industries. Theron also has extensive knowledge in data security and networking communication infrastructure, as well as a passion for safe data communications. In this What’s Next interview, Theron meets with Aki

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00:27:08

SAP's Titilayo Adewumi Discusses SAP's Operations In...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/08

Titilayo Adewumi is the Regional Sales Director for West Africa at SAP and is responsible for managing the Sales portfolio for the West African Region for both General Business and Large Enterprises, ensuring quarter on quarter achievements. She has over 10 years of experience working in Information Technology, Public Health, Financial Services and Telecommunications industries in both Canada, Sweden, Denmark and Nigeria. Titilayo is passionate about advocating for Women’s Leadership and

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00:18:42

Dr. Ayotunde Coker Talks About OADC's First Data...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/07

Dr. Ayotunde Coker is the Chief Executive Officer of Open Access Data Centres. Dr. Coker is one of the leading players in the development of the data centre industry in Africa and is Chairperson of influential industry group, the Africa Data Centres Association. Before joining OADC as Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Coker led Rack Centre to becoming a household name in Nigeria and a leading brand in Africa, with global recognition and numerous prestigious international awards. Throughout a

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00:15:53

Videsha Proothveerajh Talks About The LexisNexis CEO...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/09/05

Videsha Proothveerajh is the CEO of LexisNexis South Africa. Proothveerajh is a corporate leader who stands at the forefront of the dynamic South African technology space. Prior to joining LexisNexis SA, she was the Data Centre Group Director for EMEA Territory and the GM for Intel. She recently won the prestigious Woman in Tech award at the Africa Tech Week Award 2022 ceremony. In this episode of What's Next, Proothveerajh talks about what is driving growth at LexisNexis South Africa despite

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00:26:54

SAP's Stanley Dube Talks About The Benefits Of Cloud...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/31

Stanley Dube is the Head of Cloud ERP at SAP Africa. Dube leads a team that inspires SAP’s customers to envision the full potential of digitalisation of their business processes. His team helps companies understand the path to harnessing the synergies of digitized value chains. Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Solution Advisor supporting inbound logistics sales processes across Africa and the Middle East. Over numerous years he assisted companies across Africa and Europe implement

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00:45:42

SAP Experts On How South African Businesses Can Speed...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/29

Colin Banks is the Industry and Customer Advisory Lead at SAP Africa, and Kwena Mabotja is the Global Director for Purpose and Sustainability Marketing and Solutions at SAP. Banks has worked at SAP for over 10 years and is passionate about helping SAP customers drive innovation through the use of the latest technologies. Mabotja is focused on cementing SAP’s commitment as an enabler and exemplar of purpose-growing awareness and scaling the impact of SAP’s purpose and sustainability offerings and

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00:15:08

SAP's Mpho Matsitse, Discusses Why Value Management...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/24

Mpho Matsitse is the Head of Industry and Value Advisory at SAP Africa. In his role, Matsitse leads a team of highly talented industry and value advisors across the SAP Africa region. This high-performing team acts as trusted advisors to SAP Africa’s customers by offering a value-based engagement approach that helps customers advance their adoption of leading SAP technologies to unlock new business value. Matsitse aims to use his ability as a business strategist to enable the successful growth of

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00:26:09

SAP’s Hardeep Sound talks about accelerating digital...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/22

Hardeep Sound is the Regional Director at SAP East Africa, a position he has held since October 2019. Sound previously worked as a Consultant at Deloitte in Kenya, and then as a Technical Trainer and Infrastructure Consultant at InfoSys in Ethiopia. He joined Microsoft as a Senior Consultant in 2003 and went on to become the Specialist Sales Unit Manager in 2010. Sound also worked at Oracle in Kenya from 2013 to 2019 - first as a Senior Sales Manager and then as a Sales Director. In this What’s

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00:11:33

Scott Thwaites talks about the benefits of TikTok for...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/18

Scott Thwaites is TikTok’s Head of Business Partnerships for Gaming and New Markets in the Middle East, Turkey, Africa, and Pakistan (METAP) region. As one of TikTok’s first employees in the METAP region, Thwaites has been instrumental in designing and implementing business structures to generate revenue in these markets. Prior to his appointment at TikTok, Thwaites worked as the Head of Global Projects at Ad Dynamo for over a year. He then joined Twitter in 2014 as a Partner Manager for the EMEA

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00:09:46

Makgosi Mabaso Discusses How SMBs Benefit From Telkom...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/16

Makgosi Mabaso is the Telkom Consumer Broadband and Smarthome Managing Executive, a position she has held since July 2021. During her career, she occupied several roles within the IT ecosystem – including being the CIO of Faritec – before moving into the commercial side of the telco industry. Mabaso has now been with Telkom for over 10 years and held various other senior positions during this time – including the Chief of Staff for the Telkom Group. Mabaso also worked in Managing Executive

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00:58:11

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao discusses cryptocurrency...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/16

MyBroadband editor Jan Vermeulen interviews Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao ('CZ'). CZ discusses why he believes it's in regulators' best interests to licence cryptocurrency exchanges and allow local banks to work with them. He also gives examples of real-world uses of cryptocurrency outside of payments that markets like South Africa with already-mature payments infrastructure could benefit from. Jan and CZ also discuss the trade-offs that come with new technologies, with CZ likening the

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00:20:38

David Behr on Liquid Intelligent Technologies’...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/05

David Behr is the CEO of Liquid Cloud and Cyber Security. He is a leading internet pioneer and entrepreneur who founded ZOL in 1995 and grew it into Zimbabwe’s largest ISP. He joined Liquid Intelligent Technologies as an Executive Director in 2012 through the acquisition of ZOL, and is responsible for building Liquid’s Cloud and Cyber Security businesses across Africa. Under Behr’s guidance, these businesses create sustainable value for customers by solving their biggest technology challenges

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00:19:30

SAP’s Dumisani Moyo discusses how technology can...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/03

Dumisani Moyo is the Marketing Director at SAP Africa, where he is responsible for leading marketing efforts across the South, East, West, and Lusophone Africa regions. Moyo is also a member of SAP Africa’s Senior Leadership team and the EMEA-South Marketing Leadership team. He has extensive sales and leadership experience in the technology sector and was previously the SAP Head of Sales for Southern Africa. In this interview, Moyo joins Aki Anastasiou to discuss Africa’s technology adoption

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00:24:06

Hylton Kallner Discusses How Discovery Bank Reached...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/01

Hylton Kallner is an actuary, business builder, and the Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Bank. He has been a part of the Discovery ecosystem since 1996, and he has served in multiple executive positions during this time. Kallner began his Discovery journey as a key part of various marketing, actuarial, and strategic projects before becoming the company’s Chief Marketing Officer in 2006. He then served in multiple CEO positions at Discovery Limited — becoming the Discovery Life CEO in 2016, the

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00:32:04

Kaspersky’s Emad Haffar Discusses The Rising...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/08/01

Emad Haffar is the Head of Technical Experts for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at Kaspersky. He is responsible for managing and guiding a team of system engineers whose goals are to support and grow Kaspersky’s enterprise business in these regions. He oversees large strategic projects and has direct involvement in planning, designing and consulting activities for complex solutions across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Emad has more than 18 years of IT experience - including over 12

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00:24:16

Zoom Fibre CEO Mohammed Manjra talks about connecting...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/06/22

Mohammed Manjra is the CEO of Zoom Fibre, a fast-growing and agile fibre network provider that will pass 100,000 endpoints by the end of June 2022. Manjra has been in this role since November 2020 and was awarded the South Africa CEO of the Year Award by CEO Global in 2021. Prior to his appointment at Zoom Fibre, Manjra was approached to start Vumatel in 2014, with the goal of deploying the first true Fibre to the Home (FTTH) infrastructure in South Africa. He spent three years as the Vumatel

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00:19:26

First Technology’s Ryan Ramawoothar On Building...

What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou ·

2022/06/21

Ryan Ramawoothar is the Executive Head for Software at First Technology. He is an experienced business executive with 16 years of experience in the IT industry who has spent most of his career in cyber security and business management roles. Ramawoothar has a strong background in SaaS platforms, cloud technologies, and security, and is highly skilled in go-to-market strategies and market shifts. His mission, and that of First Technology, is to drive positive change and ensure the company’s

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