In this week’s post-Youth Day show, Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson discuss Telkom’s results presentation on Monday, looking at the ongoing troubles at Multi-Links in Nigeria and 8ta’s latest subscriber numbers. They also chat about IBM’s centenary, the
All currencies are based on trust. In the days of the gold standard, that meant trusting that paper money was backed by bullion in a reserve. Centralisation was necessary in order to prevent counterfeiting and ensure money wasn’t simply printed on a whim. Of course, experience
Former Telkom CEO Reuben September’s ghost loomed large over the parastatal this week with the announcement that the fixed-line operator has lost R9,8bn because of its failed investment in Nigerian business Multi-Links. To put this loss into perspective, Telkom’s
Moon, the debut from Duncan Jones, showed that the director could make a compelling science-fiction film on a shoestring. His new sci-fi thriller, Source Code, proves he is able to create smart and individualistic films even when he is working with a bigger
Founded in 1911, IBM is 100 years old on 16 June. TechCentral senior journalist Craig Wilson traces the rise and fall and rise of Big Blue. IBM was the result of a merger of four companies, engineered by a prominent financier
Former international cricketer Clive Rice, who now runs a successful telecommunications business, admits to me when I meet him at his home in Linksfield, Johannesburg for this profile interview that he’s lost a great deal of interest in the sport that once dominated his
Last week’s purchase by Visa of Cape Town-based mobile payments company Fundamo in a US$110m all-cash deal demonstrates clearly how the race is on to provide electronic financial services using cellphones, especially in emerging markets
Few things incite as much passion among technophiles as their choice of smartphone. In the 1990s, phones were merely functional or fashionable. Now they have been elevated to a quasi-religious status. So the news that Android is “crushing”
Just seven months after being acquired by international hedge fund company Tiger Global Management, Cape Town-based e-retailer Take2 has changed its name to Takealot and is talking up a plan to generate R1bn in annual sales within five years. CEO Kim Reid
Someone once said that a “successful company is one that lays a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them”. With that in mind, I do not believe it’s too late for Telkom. Recently, Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys
