Author: Duncan McLeod

In this episode, Duncan McLeod chats to Jim Brent, the chief technology officer of South Africa’s new stock exchange, ZAR X. Brent tells McLeod about how technology and telecommunications – particularly the proliferation of

There is a prevailing view in government – or certainly in the department of telecommunications & postal services – that infrastructure competition in providing broadband is bad. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Telkom’s ICT services arm, Business Connexion, has been rebranded simply as BCX. The decision comes just months after Telkom said it would change the name of the company to Telkom Business

Communications regulator Icasa has turned down a formal request from e.tv to cancel its primetime news bulletin, saying doing so would not be in the public interest. The move is a blow to the free-to-air broadcaster, which

The constitutional court has dismissed an application brought by Nkosana Makate, the man who it found had invented the popular “please call me” service, ordering him to pay the costs of the application. “The constitutional court has considered

Adapt IT’s interim turnover has jumped 48% compared to a year ago, although disappointing growth in organic revenue helped put the share price under some pressure on Monday. For the six months ended 31 December 2016, turnover rose 48% to

In this episode of the TalkCentral Podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to RS Components GM Brian Andrew on the Raspberry Pi in South Africa, and specifically what to expect from the new Raspberry Pi Compute Model 3. Brian chats to Duncan about

Liquid Telecom, the fast-growing pan-African telecommunications operator controlled by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, will spend billions of rand expanding newly acquired subsidiary Neotel’s data centres, wireless networks and fixed-line

On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg gather around the microphones to discuss Liquid Telecom consummating its deal to buy Neotel. What’s next for South Africa’s “second network operator” now that it’s under

New Neotel owners Liquid Telecom and Royal Bafokeng Holdings have moved quickly to rebrand the local telecommunications operator, ditching its trademark orange colour in favour of a blue