Author: Duncan McLeod

In the podcast this week, rumours of a new foldable Samsung phone, the growing importance of WhatsApp as a communications platform in South Africa, mirrorless cameras, a new Lego store and much more.

After 18 months of false starts, it appears that Samsung is finally almost ready to launch its smartphone payments platform in South Africa.

Cell C appears to be stepping up to try to take market share from rival MTN by appealing to consumers hungry for cheap access to social media platforms.

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Jan Hnizdo, chief financial officer of Africa’s largest data centre operator, Teraco Data Environments.

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko earned total remuneration of R27.2-million in the 2018 financial year to 31 March, up from R25.9-million a year ago.

Vodacom Group had a robust first quarter of its 2019 financial year, growing subscriber numbers year on year by 2.5 million – 1.5 million of which were in South Africa.

In this episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the European Union’s record €4.3-billion fine against Google over Android – is it justified, or is the EU simply interfering in a market that doesn’t need regulating?

Bob van Dijk is rolling in the riches. The CEO of Naspers received almost R1.5-billion in salary, bonuses and vested share options and appreciation rights, during the 2018 financial year, which ended on 31 March.

Internet Solutions has begun a retrenchment programme and may lay off as many as 200 staffers, TechCentral has learnt from two separate sources with knowledge of the developments.

MTN’s Stephen van Coller will join EOH as its new group CEO, effective from 1 September. He resigned as a vice president at MTN Group on Thursday after two years with the mobile telecommunications provider.