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TCS+ | LSD Open: why repatriating from the cloud can be a costly mistake
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TCS | Seacom 2.0: Alpheus Mangale unpacks all the details about the giant new subsea system
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Seacom last week announced that it plans to build one of the highest-capacity subsea broadband cable systems the world has ever seen. Dubbed Seacom 2.0, the cable system – which will have an expected design capacity of a staggering 2 000Tbit/s – will be larger than the company’s original system, which brought high-speed connectivity to Africa’s eas…
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TCS | Seacom 2.0: Alpheus Mangale unpacks all the details about the giant new subsea system
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TCS | PayInc CEO Stephen Linnell on South Africa's payments revolution
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TCS | PayInc CEO Stephen Linnell on South Africa's payments revolution
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TCS+ | LSD Open: why repatriating from the cloud can be a costly mistake
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TCS | From lockdown idea to global player: The Invigilator bags $11-million funding
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The Invigilator, the developer of a South African application that helps educational institutions monitor web-based assessments to prevent cheating, recenty secured US$11-million (R195-million) in funding to help it expand internationally. In this episode of the TechCentral Show, Nicolas Riemer, co-founder and CEO of The Invigilator, joins TechCent…
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TCS | From lockdown idea to global player: The Invigilator bags $11-million funding
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TCS + | HP’s AI future - how on-device intelligence is redefining work in Africa
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TCS + | HP’s AI future - how on-device intelligence is redefining work in Africa
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TCS | Barney Harmse on building Paratus Group – and working with Starlink
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Paratus Group executive chairman Barney Harmse joins the TechCentral Show to share the story of the telecommunications group’s rise from small beginnings in Angola and Namibia more than 20 years ago and how it became one of Southern Africa’s biggest ICT infrastructure players. Paratus started life in Angola in 2003, evolving from a local internet s…
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Paratus Group executive chairman Barney Harmse joins the TechCentral Show to share the story of the telecommunications group’s rise from small beginnings in Angola and Namibia more than 20 years ago and how it became one of Southern Africa’s biggest ICT infrastructure players. Paratus started life in Angola in 2003, evolving from a local internet s…
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TCS | Maziv goes massive: CEO Dietlof Mare on Vumatel’s big roll-out plans
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Maziv, the company that owns Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, plans to spend R12-billion over the next five years as its ramps its deployment of fibre infrastructure across South Africa. Poised for a big injection of cash and assets from Vodacom, which is buying a 30% co-controlling stake in the business, it has unveiled big plans to deploy fibre in …
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TCS | Maziv goes massive: CEO Dietlof Mare on Vumatel’s big roll-out plans
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TCS+ | Arctic Wolf on cybersecurity in the age of AI
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What does it really take to defend a business in an era of AI-driven attacks? In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+ ,Clare Loveridge, vice president and GM for Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea), and Johnny Ellis, senior director of Emea channel sales, both at Arctic Wolf, go beyond the buzzwords to confront the uncomfortable truth: despite bill…
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TCS | The story behind Nedbank’s R1.65-billion iKhokha deal
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Nedbank announced last week that it was acquiring Durban-based fintech iKhokha in a R1.65-billion deal that could signal the start of further consolidation in the payments industry in South Africa. Nedbank described the deal as a “significant milestone” in its strategy to target small and medium enterprises. iKhokha co-founder and CEO Matt Putman i…
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TCS | The story behind Nedbank’s R1.65-billion iKhokha deal
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TCS+ | Kinetic Skunk: fintechs risk cloud bill shock without proper planning
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Fintechs choose cloud technologies in the hopes that the efficiency and scalability of cloud computing will give them a competitive advantage. But cloud adoption is no silver bullet. If done incorrectly, a migration to the cloud can cause costs to balloon instead of decreasing them, leading to frustration and even lost revenue. Kinetic Skunk is an …
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TCS+ | Kinetic Skunk: fintechs risk cloud bill shock without proper planning
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TCS | Alan Knott-Craig unveils Fibertime’s big bet on township fibre
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Alan Knott-Craig’s new fibre internet business has been flying below the radar for some time now, but the serial telecommunications entrepreneur has finally unpacked his plans for the business. Speaking to the TechCentral Show this week, Knott-Craig – who has led a range of well-known tech businesses, including Mxit, World of Avatar, Project Isizwe…
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TCS | Alan Knott-Craig unveils Fibertime’s big bet on township fibre
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TCS | Pick n Pay’s Enrico Ferigolli on building asap! and taking on Shoprite
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Although Shoprite Group stole a march on many of South Africa’s retailers in on-demand online grocery delivery during the Covid-19 lockdowns, Pick n Pay has a clear plan to make up lost ground and compete aggressively for market share. Enrico Ferigolli, who co-founded the liquor delivery app Bottles – which was later acquired by Pick n Pay to form …
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TCS | Pick n Pay’s Enrico Ferigolli on building asap! and taking on Shoprite
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TCS+ | Cassava’s Adil El Youssefi on data centre growth in Africa
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In this episode of TCS+, Adil El Youssefi, newly appointed CEO of the colocation business at Cassava Technologies and CEO of Africa Data Centres, chats about the challenges and opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa. El Youssefi delves into: • His background prior to being appointed into the role and how it has influenced his career as a technologist;…
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Watts & Wheels Ep 3: 'We drive the new Dongfeng Box'
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The Dongfeng Box electric city runabout has landed in South Africa, and Watts & Wheels has taken the vehicle – one of the cheapest electric cars currently on sale in the country – for a test drive. One of China’s biggest and oldest motoring manufacturers, the state-owned Dongfeng Motor Corporation has identified South Africa as a key export market …
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Watts & Wheels Ep 2: ‘We test drive the Riddara electric bakkie’
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Enviro Automotive has launched the Riddara RD6, South Africa’s first fully electric 4x4 bakkie – and Watts & Wheels has taken it for a test drive. In episode 2 of Watts & Wheels – the brand-new South Africa motoring show from TechCentral (subscribe on YouTube) – hosts William Kelly and Duncan McLeod throw the Riddara around some corners and chat wi…
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