What"s Next with Aki Anastasiou

00:58:11

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao discusses cryptocurrency...

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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’...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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00:41:30

Deputy CEO Gareth Friedlander Discusses Discovery...

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2022/06/20

Gareth Friedlander is the Deputy CEO at Discovery Life - a position he has held since January 2020. He joined the Discovery ecosystem in 2008 and has since held various positions at the company. Friedlander started this journey as an Actuarial Analyst, before becoming the Head of Life Technical Marketing in 2010, and then taking up the role of Head of Research and Development at Discovery Life in 2013. In this What’s Next interview, Aki Anastasiou meets with Friedlander to discuss Discovery Life’s

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00:21:27

Stephen Coull Discusses Keyrus’s Growth And The...

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2022/06/14

Stephen Coull is the Sales Director for Keyrus South Africa, where his leadership skills are helping to accelerate the growth of the technology consultancy. Coull believes that the most important elements for success are for businesses to have a true understanding of the issues their customers face, and for them to have an intimate knowledge of the technology solutions that can solve these issues. He has used his 20 years of experience in technology, and his passion for using modern technology to

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00:24:49

Accenture’s Boland Lithebe on the rising...

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2022/06/13

Boland Lithebe is the Accenture Security Lead for Africa. He has extensive experience within the African security industry and is passionate about helping Accenture’s clients reduce their risk. Lithebe believes this is incredibly important in the face of the ever-increasing cybersecurity threats that organizations must manage. In this What’s Next interview, Lithebe discusses how businesses have had to adjust to the new ways of working while continuing to protect their important business data and

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00:13:39

Kobus Visagie On How Tracker Is Harnessing...

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2022/06/09

Kobus Visagie is the Executive of Business Solutions at Tracker. He is an experienced IT entrepreneur who has 25 years of experience converting IT strategy into integrated solutions that give businesses a competitive advantage. Visagie has extensive technical knowledge of IoT, SaaS solutions, supply chain management, logistics, and various other technology industries. He uses this knowledge and experience to solve business problems for Tracker’s clients. In this What’s Next interview, Visagie

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00:20:58

Nitesh Singh Discusses Accenture’s Report On 5G In...

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2022/06/06

Nitesh Singh is the Managing Director for Communications, Media, and Technology at Accenture South Africa. He has over 20 years of experience in the industry, and is focused on delivering digital business transformation to maximise scalability and performance in organisations. He has worked in a number of operations in Africa and has developed clear acumen of the contracting and governance process therein. He is also the Growth and Sales Lead for seven of Accenture’s African business, including

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00:17:30

Kgomotso Lebele From Accenture Discusses The Trends...

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2022/05/30

Kgomotso Lebele is the Managing Director and Technology Lead at Accenture in South Africa. In this position, Lebele is responsible for guiding Accenture’s multi-disciplinary teams as they transform and implement resilient modern architectures for their clients. Lebele previously led growth and sales in the South African region both for Accenture’s Resources group and for its Health and Public Services group, and was also the client account lead at key clients for the broader Accenture group. He

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00:27:11

Werner Kapp Discusses Dimension Data’s Expansion And...

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2022/05/26

Werner Kapp has been at Dimension Data since 2000 and is now the CEO for the Middle East and Africa region. He served as a regional executive for 15 years before becoming the company’s Chief Operating Officer in 2015, and finally taking the reins of Dimension Data in April 2021. As the Dimension Data CEO for the MEA region, Kapp has been instrumental in delivering integrated solutions to clients across the region. In this interview, Kapp meets with Aki Anastasiou to discuss Dimension Data’s

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00:15:06

Kagiso Khaole discusses how Uber is adapting to the...

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2022/05/23

Kagiso Khaole is the Head of Mobility Operations at Uber Sub-Saharan Africa. He is passionate about transforming how people and goods move across cities and is focused on building Uber into the biggest earnings platform in Africa. Khaole compares his management style as “akin to cartography”, as he is able to lead teams into unknown territories, help them find their “True North”, and - using both scientific and creative methods - leave with detailed maps. In this episode of What’s Next, Khaole

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00:21:15

Sentech CEO Mlamli Booi discusses the Pan African...

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2022/05/20

Mlamli Booi is the CEO of Sentech — a position he has held since 2015. Booi has been working in the ICT sector since 1987, and during this time he has gained experience in business leadership, engineering, policy, strategy, and management. Prior to his appointment as Sentech CEO, Booi was directly appointed to the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Council by President Nelson Mandela in 1997 and was part of the team involved in licensing commercial and community radio stations. In 1999, Booi

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00:36:46

Akhona Nkalitshane And Peter French On The Importance...

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2022/05/13

Akhona Nkalitshane is a product manager at Rectron South Africa, and Peter French is the GM for Middle East and Africa at Acronis. Nkalitshane is a cloud computing specialist who focuses on ground-breaking offerings in this area by cybersecurity OEMs such as Acronis. She has over seven years of experience in the IT and services industry, working at companies like HP and Introstat. French is a passionate technologist who has nearly 15 years of experience working in the IT industry at companies like

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00:26:22

Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub Talks About 5G And The...

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2022/05/11

Shameel Joosub is the CEO of Vodacom and one of South Africa’s most respected telecoms leaders. He joined Vodacom in 1994, where he served as the MD until 2010. He was then appointed as CEO of Vodacom Spain before becoming the Vodacom Group CEO in 2012. Joosub has played a vital role in developing Vodacom into one of the top telecommunications companies in South Africa and has seen the company bring the first commercial LTE and 5G mobile networks to the country. In this What’s Next interview, Aki

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00:21:17

Zaheer Ebrahim on the rising ransomware threat

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2022/05/09

Zaheer Ebrahim is a Senior Sales Engineer at Trend Micro, and has been involved in the IT industry since 2008. He is a certified Blue Knight with extensive knowledge in the security architecture and configuration domain, and has worked at New Horizons, Secure Data, Dimension Date, and now Trend Micro. In this What’s Next interview, Ebrahim discusses the 2021 edition of Trend Micro’s Annual Cybersecurity Report, titled “Navigating New Frontiers.” He unpacks how ransomware actors have evolved since

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00:41:00

Ryan Noach And Eric Peacock Discuss Online Patient...

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2022/05/05

Ryan Noach is the CEO of Discovery Health, and Eric Peacock is the co-founder and CEO of MyHealthTeam. Noach was appointed to his current position in January 2020 after serving as the Deputy CEO of Discovery Health for over five years. Peacock is dedicated to helping people diagnosed with chronic health conditions and founded MyHealthTeam because he believes we should not have to face these conditions alone. In this What’s Next episode, Noach discusses the rise of lifestyle diseases like diabetes

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