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TCS+ | Cloud On Demand's Senzo Mbhele on the benefits of the AWS distribution model
When most people think of Amazon Web Services, they automatically assume they should go directly to AWS. However, for the diverse ecosystem of AWS par...
TCS | Takealot CEO Frederik Zietsman on township growth, EVs and the future of online retail
E-commerce will soon reach an important milestone in South Africa: by January, according to World Wide Worx research, online shopping will top 10% of...
TCS | Seacom 2.0: Alpheus Mangale unpacks all the details about the giant new subsea system
Seacom last week announced that it plans to build one of the highest-capacity subsea broadband cable systems the world has ever seen.
Dub...
TCS | PayInc CEO Stephen Linnell on South Africa's payments revolution
South Africa’s payments ecosystem is evolving at a rapid pace. PayInc – previously BankservAfrica – sits at the core of the country’s payments infrast...
TCS+ | LSD Open: why repatriating from the cloud can be a costly mistake
Not every organisation that has migrated to the cloud has reaped the rewards promised in terms of faster development and deployment cycles, simplified...
TCS | From lockdown idea to global player: The Invigilator bags $11-million funding
The Invigilator, the developer of a South African application that helps educational institutions monitor web-based assessments to prevent cheating, r...
TCS + | HP’s AI future - how on-device intelligence is redefining work in Africa
AI has advanced at breakneck speed in the last few years, with most knowledge workers using the technology to enhance their work in some shape or form...
TCS | Barney Harmse on building Paratus Group – and working with Starlink
Paratus Group executive chairman Barney Harmse joins the TechCentral Show to share the story of the telecommunications group’s rise from small beginni...
TCS | Maziv goes massive: CEO Dietlof Mare on Vumatel’s big roll-out plans
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 i...
TCS+ | Arctic Wolf on cybersecurity in the age of AI
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, vic...
TCS | The story behind Nedbank’s R1.65-billion iKhokha deal
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 consolid...
TCS+ | Kinetic Skunk: fintechs risk cloud bill shock without proper planning
Fintechs choose cloud technologies in the hopes that the efficiency and scalability of cloud computing will give them a competitive advantage. But clo...
TCS | Alan Knott-Craig unveils Fibertime’s big bet on township fibre
Alan Knott-Craig’s new fibre internet business has been flying below the radar for some time now, but the serial telecommunications entrepreneur has f...
TCS | Pick n Pay’s Enrico Ferigolli on building asap! and taking on Shoprite
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 P...
TCS+ | Cassava’s Adil El Youssefi on data centre growth in Africa
In this episode of TCS+, Adil El Youssefi, newly appointed CEO of the colocation business at Cassava Technologies and CEO of Africa Data Centres, chat...
Watts & Wheels Ep 3: 'We drive the new Dongfeng Box'
The Dongfeng Box electric city runabout has landed in South Africa, and Watts & Wheels has taken the vehicle – one of the cheapest electric cars curre...
Watts & Wheels Ep 2: ‘We test drive the Riddara electric bakkie’
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.
TCS+ | Zahir Cajee on Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold7, Flip7 and Watch8 line-up
Folding phones are advancing at light speed. For consumers, the appeal is self-evident: on one hand, folding phones give them the option to have a lar...
Meet the CIO | How Marijke Guest steered Nedbank through an IT crisis
When Nedbank realised early last year that its mammoth core banking overhaul and modernisation programme was going awry, it turned to Marijke Guest fo...
TCS | Britehouse MBO: Graham Parker on what’s next for software firm
A recent management buyout of Britehouse from NTT Data – previously Dimension Data – has put the software development house on a new trajectory.
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Watts & Wheels Ep 1: ‘BYD Shark 6 and the electric bakkie revolution’
This is Watts & Wheels, a new motoring show hosted by motoring journalist (and “buzzhead” – or is that “electronhead”?) William Kelly and TechCentral...
TCS+ | Lessons from South Africa’s biggest cyberattacks
IT security breaches are on the rise in South Africa and worldwide, and with AI tools at their disposal, criminals are scaling up their attacks.
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TCS+ | First Distribution’s guide to a bulletproof cyber crisis response strategy
In cybersecurity, prevention is always better than cure. However, organisations have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, one where their systems a...
TCS+ | How cyberthreats turn into cyber crises
In today's hyperconnected society, a cybersecurity crisis isn’t just a technical glitch; it's a profound disruption that can bring businesses, governm...
TCS+ | Vox’s Craig Blignaut on the data boom and the future of Wi-Fi
Data is like oxygen in the digital era, and people are using more of it. In 2025 alone, global mobile data usage is projected to reach 200 exabytes pe...
TCS+ | Samsung unveils significant new safety feature for A-series phones
Samsung Electronics recently launched the latest line-up of its popular Galaxy A-series of midtier smartphones, with the A26, A36 and A56 replacing th...
TCS+ | MVNX on the opportunities in South Africa’s booming MVNO market
For years, mobile telecommunications was dominated by a handful of large operators, or MNOs. Now, with almost 30 MVNOs, or mobile virtual network oper...
TCS | Connecting Saffas – Renier Lombard on The Lekker Network
The Lekker Network is a recently launched global business platform designed to help South African expatriates find business and investment opportuniti...
TechCentral Nexus S0E4: Takealot’s big Post Office jobs plan
This is the fourth episode of a new podcast series curated by TechCentral’s editorial team and generated by artificial intelligence tools. It’s an exp...
TCS+ | First Distribution on the latest and greatest cloud technologies
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...
TCS+ | First Distribution on data governance in hybrid cloud environments
Data is the lifeblood of every organisation, driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences and influencing strategic decisions.
But...
TCS+ | First Distribution on cloud cost management in Microsoft Azure
Organisations are flocking to the cloud for its agility, scalability and innovation potential. But while the cloud promises big things, it also presen...
TCS | South Africa’s Sociable wants to make social media social again
The digitisation of social interactions has made it easier for people to maintain contact and build online communities. However, there has been a decr...
Nexus S0E3: Behind Takealot’s revenue surge
This is the third episode of a new podcast series curated by TechCentral’s editorial team and generated by artificial intelligence tools. It’s an expe...
TCS | Tech, townships and tenacity: Spar’s plan to win with Spar2U
Spar Group is determined to play a significant role in the on-demand grocery delivery space in South Africa despite coming from behind, its omnichanne...
TCS+ | AfriGIS’s Helen Hulett on how tech can help resolve South Africa’s water crisis
Many municipalities in South Africa are struggling to maintain a reliable supply of clean water to households and industries. Thankfully, technology i...
TechCentral Nexus S0E2 (beta): South Africa's digital battlefield
This is the second (and beta) episode of a new podcast series curated by TechCentral’s editorial team and generated by artificial intelligence tools....
Nexus S0E1 (beta): Starlink, BEE and a new leader at Vodacom
This is the first (and beta) episode of a new podcast series curated by TechCentral's editorial team and generated by artificial intelligence tools. I...
TCS | Nomvuyiso Batyi on Starlink, BEE reform and spectrum
What should one make of the noise surrounding the licensing (or non-licensing) of Starlink in South Africa? And what of the plans to reform the rules...
TCS | The future of mobile money, with MTN’s Kagiso Mothibi
Mobile money has an increasingly vital role to play in South Africa’s economy, despite the fact that the country boasts an advanced financial services...