TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod has been named ICT Journalist of the Year at the second annual Telkom Classic Business journalism awards. McLeod won the award for a series of columns published on TechCentral and
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On Sunday evening, DA political strategist Ryan Coetzee held a “town hall meeting” on Twitter. It went off rather well, and the party plans to host them weekly. It’s clear social media are becoming an important new electioneering
It’s April Fool’s Day, Paint the Town Red Day and National Cleavage Day, all rolled into one. Somehow we manage to weave all of these into this week’s episode 31 of TechCentral’s business technology podcast, TalkCentral
When African countries complete their migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television, they will free up a big chunk of valuable radio frequency spectrum that should, if managed properly, take wireless broadband
Vodacom is widely expected to take the wraps off its new brand this Friday at a concert at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium. It’s expected to adopt the red and white colours of its parent, Vodafone. But what, if anything
In this week’s show we talk about Sentech’s presentation to parliament and the emerging details of its plan to build a broadband network connecting rural schools, clinics and community centres. We also delve into
Finally, Telkom has a new group CEO. After years of instability, the organisation should have a chance to get settled. It is steadiness at the helm that is paramount if it’s going to survive and perhaps even thrive in
A raging Highveld thunderstorm serves as the dramatic backdrop to this week’s episode of TalkCentral, the business technology podcast brought to you by the editors at TechCentral
Telecommunications operators have long said bringing high-speed fibre to the home in SA is simply not a commercial proposition. Now a new player, i3 Africa, wants to do exactly that. If it pulls off the project, it will change SA
Fibre to the home. That’s the main focus of this week’s episode of TalkCentral. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones take a look at i3 Africa’s plans to spend as much as R6bn building a fibre network into 2,5m SA homes