Author: Duncan McLeod

South Africa may need far fewer government-subsidised set-top boxes for its digital terrestrial television migration project than originally planned, according to Aldred Dreyer, who heads the project management office.

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Aldred Dreyer, the newly appointed head of the project management office for digital migration at the department of communications, on South Africa’s long-delayed digital terrestrial television project.

Entrepreneur Thabo Molefe – better known as Tbo Touch – will launch a video-on-demand streaming platform later this year called THD. The platform will showcase original South African – and African

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Touch HD founder Tbo Touch about his life, his business, #datamustfall and his next big venture. Touch – born in Sharpeville in 1981 – talks about his big

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Stripe co-founder John Collison, who in 2016 became the youngest dollar billionaire in the world. Collison, who founded Stripe with is brother Patrick, talks

MTN Group has sold 100% of its subsidiary in Cyprus for R4.1-billion. The Johannesburg-listed emerging-markets telecommunications group said on Monday before markets opened that it had sold the business

In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg ask whether South Africa’s digital migration project is finally getting kicked into high gear. Also in the show this week, a wide-ranging

Former Telkom Group chief information officer Len de Villiers has joined the JSE as acting CIO with immediate effect. He has also been appointed as advisor on IT to Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe. De Villiers will work two

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Joshua Miltz, co-founder of a new South African cryptocurrency platform called BitFund. BitFund offers access to about 20 of the largest digital currencies

MultiChoice plans to launch 4K-quality streaming in its DStv Now service, the Naspers-owned pay-television broadcaster said on Tuesday. “We’re continuing to develop DStv Now, with 4k streaming in