Well-known South African technology entrepreneur Stafford Masie, who was appointed as GM of WeWork South Africa last year, joins the podcast to talk about Covid-19, WeWork, the CSIR and more.
Author: Duncan McLeod
Just how badly has the economy been hit by the lockdown to fight Covid-19? Mark Sternberg, MD of Spark ATM Systems, says the company is able to quantify the impact long before GDP data is released.
A parliamentary portfolio committee has short-listed eight names to send to acting communications minister Jackson Mthembu for appointment to the council of communications regulator Icasa.
Vodacom Group will spend R1-billion in its current financial year ensuring its network in South Africa is able to cope with Eskom’s rolling blackouts.
The volume of data traffic flowing across Vodacom’s network in South Africa surged by 66% in the year ended 31 March, after price reductions led to greater “elasticity” in demand from consumers.
Vodacom Group has turned in a strong financial performance, allowing it to hike its full-year total dividend by 6.3% to R8.45/share before tax despite the darkening economic situation.
Takealot.com CEO Kim Reid said on Friday that if the e-commerce company were to take government to court to challenge its continued ban on e-commerce, it would win – but he hopes it won’t be necessary.
Miriam Altman, a commissioner on the National Planning Commission, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown, its impact, and how to save the economy.
Microsoft will launch its family of Surface devices in South Africa “later this year”, the US technology giant said on Wednesday.
Teraco Data Environments has announced plans to build another major data centre facility, this time in Cape Town, as it predicts continued soaring demand for cloud computing infrastructure.