Author: Duncan McLeod

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to two of the directors behind Project Ubu, a South African start-up that’s working to combine the idea of a universal basic income (but separate from government-led

We’re at Mediatech Africa 2017 for this edition of the TalkCentral podcast. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by “Mr Mediatech” Simon Robinson to chat about the event, as well

Despite weak economic conditions, Vodacom has delivered an impressive financial performance in the first quarter of its 2018 financial year, with the good numbers underpinned by robust demand for data services

Qualcomm has built a sub-$20 4G/LTE “reference design” phone that it hopes third-party manufacturers will soon bring to the South African market. Apart from lowering the bar to access, the phone, once built by smartphone makers

The allocation of large swathes of additional radio frequency spectrum to operators is key to unlocking next-generation speeds in mobile broadband to be delivered by technologies such as LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced

Internet penetration has reached 75% of the population in the Western Cape and 54.7% in Gauteng, but other, more rural provinces have fallen far behind, new research from World Wide Worx shows. The company’s Internet Access in

EOH’s share price tumbled more than 12% at one point on Tuesday as investors took fright at the resurfacing of corruption allegations involving a contract with welfare agency Sassa. The share regained some composure in the early afternoon

Thank you for listening to the TechCentral podcast. In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to former Business Connexion chief technology officer Andy Brauer, who has struck out on his own with a new

Vumatel, one of the earliest and now largest players in the South African fibre-to-the-home broadband market, has agreed to buy a big portion of Link Africa’s home fibre infrastructure. In a letter to customers

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats via Skype to Sam Paddock, co-founder and CEO of GetSmarter, the Cape Town-based online education specialist that has just been acquired