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The TechCentral Show (TCS, for short) is a tech show produced by South Africa's leading technology news platform. It features interviews with newsmakers, ICT industry leaders and other interesting people.
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Welcome to Techcentric Planet where we offer a glimpse into the future of humanity through the lens of technology. We have sought out innovators and founders who are interested in providing solutions to some of our most fundamental human-centric problems with a view to help our planet.
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TechCentral's TCS+ is a business technology show that brings you interviews with leaders in South Africa's technology industry - and further afield. It showcases the latest products and services available to businesses large and small. In short, it offers in a window into what's possible. Episodes of TCS+ are sponsored.
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TCS | Connecting Saffas – Renier Lombard on The Lekker Network
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The Lekker Network is a recently launched global business platform designed to help South African expatriates find business and investment opportunities around the world, including at home. Founded by a group of well-known businesspeople, The Lekker Network was launched in March and offers members access to a business directory, a jobs portal (for …
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Connecting Saffas – Renier Lombard on The Lekker Network
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The Lekker Network is a recently launched global business platform designed to help South African expatriates find business and investment opportunities around the world, including at home. Founded by a group of well-known businesspeople, The Lekker Network was launched in March and offers members access to a business directory, a jobs portal (for …
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TechCentral Nexus S0E4: Takealot’s big Post Office jobs plan
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In Episode 5 of Techcentric Planet, Mary-Beth Hosking and Professor Martin Parr had the honour of sitting down with one of the most visionary science leaders in Australia — Sharon Cavanagh-Luskin, First Nations Chief Scientist and Founder of Illuminate-FNQ. From leading Australia’s first First Nations-led Science Festival to driving new models for …
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TCS | Connecting Saffas – Renier Lombard on The Lekker Network
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Connecting Saffas – Renier Lombard on The Lekker Network
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TechCentral Nexus S0E4: Takealot’s big Post Office jobs plan
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TechCentral Nexus S0E4: Takealot’s big Post Office jobs plan
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Watts & Wheels S0E1: 'Welcome to the machine'
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Welcome to Watts & Wheels, a new motoring show from TechCentral that covers the latest in the world of new energy vehicles. Hosted by William Kelly and Duncan McLeod, the show explores developments in electric cars and other electrified vehicles through a South African lens. Season 0 of Watts & Wheels consists of three weekly episodes and is a pilo…
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TCS+ | First Distribution on the latest and greatest cloud technologies
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The pace of innovation in the cloud space is breathtaking. Gone are the days when the cloud was just about virtual machines and storage; today, it is a dynamic ecosystem, constantly introducing features that are fundamentally transforming how businesses operate, from the smallest start-ups to the largest enterprises. Preegan Chetty, Azure product m…
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TCS+ | First Distribution on the latest and greatest cloud technologies
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The pace of innovation in the cloud space is breathtaking. Gone are the days when the cloud was just about virtual machines and storage; today, it is a dynamic ecosystem, constantly introducing features that are fundamentally transforming how businesses operate, from the smallest start-ups to the largest enterprises. Preegan Chetty, Azure product m…
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First Distribution on the latest and greatest cloud technologies
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TCS+ | First Distribution on data governance in hybrid cloud environments
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Data is the lifeblood of every organisation, driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences and influencing strategic decisions. But managing this invaluable asset has never been more challenging. Hybrid IT environments – where some organisational data sits in the cloud other data resides in on-premises infrastructure – only adds to this comple…
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TCS+ | First Distribution on data governance in hybrid cloud environments
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First Distribution on data governance in hybrid cloud environments
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First Distribution on data governance in hybrid cloud environments
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TCS+ | First Distribution on cloud cost management in Microsoft Azure
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Organisations are flocking to the cloud for its agility, scalability and innovation potential. But while the cloud promises big things, it also presents a set of financial challenges. Many businesses find their cloud bills spiralling out of control, eroding the very benefits they sought in the first place. In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Pre…
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TCS+ | First Distribution on cloud cost management in Microsoft Azure
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Organisations are flocking to the cloud for its agility, scalability and innovation potential. But while the cloud promises big things, it also presents a set of financial challenges. Many businesses find their cloud bills spiralling out of control, eroding the very benefits they sought in the first place. In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Pre…
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First Distribution on cloud cost management in Microsoft Azure
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Finally! Reasons the Vodacom fibre deal was blocked
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It’s many months late, but the Competition Tribunal has finally released its reasons document – or at least, a non-confidential version – outlining why it decided to block Vodacom’s acquisition of a co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv. The tribunal last October shocked the merging parties – and the telecommunications industry – when it ann…
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TCS | South Africa’s Sociable wants to make social media social again
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The digitisation of social interactions has made it easier for people to maintain contact and build online communities. However, there has been a decrease in in-person interaction that has contributed to a sense of disconnect. South African-made social media platform Sociable hopes to solve this problem by combining online engagement with in-person…
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TCS | South Africa’s Sociable wants to make social media social again
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TCS | South Africa’s Sociable wants to make social media social again
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The digitisation of social interactions has made it easier for people to maintain contact and build online communities. However, there has been a decrease in in-person interaction that has contributed to a sense of disconnect. South African-made social media platform Sociable hopes to solve this problem by combining online engagement with in-person…
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Nexus S0E3: Behind Takealot’s revenue surge
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Nexus S0E3: Behind Takealot’s revenue surge
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Nexus S0E3 (beta): Behind Takealot’s revenue surge
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Nexus S0E3 (beta): Behind Takealot’s revenue surge
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TCS | Tech, townships and tenacity: Spar’s plan to win with Spar2U
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Spar Group is determined to play a significant role in the on-demand grocery delivery space in South Africa despite coming from behind, its omnichannel executive for Southern Africa has told TechCentral. Speaking to the TechCentral Show, Blake Raubenheimer took the publication’s editor, Duncan McLeod, through the retailer’s plan to compete directly…
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TCS | Tech, townships and tenacity: Spar’s plan to win with Spar2U
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Spar Group is determined to play a significant role in the on-demand grocery delivery space in South Africa despite coming from behind, its omnichannel executive for Southern Africa has told TechCentral. Speaking to the TechCentral Show, Blake Raubenheimer took the publication’s editor, Duncan McLeod, through the retailer’s plan to compete directly…
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Tech, townships and tenacity: Spar’s plan to win with Spar2U
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Tech, townships and tenacity: Spar’s plan to win with Spar2U
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TCS+ | AfriGIS’s Helen Hulett on how tech can help resolve South Africa’s water crisis
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Many municipalities in South Africa are struggling to maintain a reliable supply of clean water to households and industries. Thankfully, technology is here to help. In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Helen Hulett, newly appointed chief sustainability officer at geospatial information science specialist AfriGIS, tells Duncan McLeod about the Re…
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TCS+ | AfriGIS’s Helen Hulett on how tech can help resolve South Africa’s water crisis
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AfriGIS’s Helen Hulett on how tech can help resolve South Africa’s water crisis
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AfriGIS’s Helen Hulett on how tech can help resolve South Africa’s water crisis
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TechCentral Nexus S0E2 (beta): South Africa's digital battlefield
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TechCentral Nexus S0E2 (beta): South Africa's digital battlefield
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S0E2 (beta): South Africa's digital battlefield
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Nexus S0E1 (beta): Starlink, BEE and a new leader at Vodacom
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S0E1 (beta): Starlink, BEE and a new leader at Vodacom
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TCS | Nomvuyiso Batyi on Starlink, BEE reform and spectrum
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