TCS - The TechCentral Show Podcast Por TechCentral arte de portada

TCS - The TechCentral Show

TCS - The TechCentral Show

De: TechCentral
Escúchala gratis

OFERTA POR TIEMPO LIMITADO. Obtén 3 meses por US$0.99 al mes. Obtén esta oferta.
The TechCentral Show (TCS, for short) is a tech show produced by South Africa's leading technology news platform. It features interviews with newsmakers, ICT industry leaders and other interesting people.NewsCentral Media Economía
Episodios
  • PayInc CEO Stephen Linnell on South Africa's payments revolution

    PayInc CEO Stephen Linnell on South Africa's payments revolution
    Sep 25 2025
    South Africa’s payments ecosystem is evolving at a rapid pace. PayInc – previously BankservAfrica – sits at the core of the country’s payments infrastructure. As the builder and manager of the PayShap instant payment rails, PayInc is central to the Reserve Bank’s plans to drive digital inclusion through payment modernisation.
    In this episode of the TechCentral Show, Stephen Linnell, CEO of PayInc, tells TechCentral’s Nkosinathi Ndlovu about the strategy behind the rebrand to PayInc and how that fits into the utility’s vision of the payments ecosystem in South Africa and the broader Southern Africa region.
    Linnell delves into:
    • PayInc’s new ownership structure with the Reserve Bank taking over 50% ownership from the private banks;
    • How the Reserve Bank’s participation will help PayInc achieve its goals;
    • An assessment of PayShap since its 2023 launch and what comes next;
    • What the proposed inclusion of non-bank players including fintechs, retailers and telecommunications operators in the national payments and settlements system means for the economy;
    • The efforts PayInc is making to implement instant payments at a regional level; and
    • Emerging payment technologies like central bank digital currencies and stablecoins.
    Don’t miss this informative discussion.
    Más Menos
    25 m
  • From lockdown idea to global player: The Invigilator bags $11-million funding

    From lockdown idea to global player: The Invigilator bags $11-million funding
    Sep 23 2025
    The Invigilator, a South African application that helps educational institutions monitor web-based assessments to prevent cheating, recenty secured US$11-million (R195-million) in funding to help it expand internationally.
    In this episode of the TechCentral Show, Nicolas Riemer, co-founder and CEO of The Invigilator, joins TechCentral’s Nkosinathi Ndlovu to discuss how the start-up is going to use the cash injection to take on international markets.
    He also gives insight into the app’s software and the company behind it.
    In this episode, Riemer delves into:
    • How The Invigilator app got started during the Covid-19 lockdown;
    • The markets it plans to expand into internationally;
    • The challenges of developing an app like The Invigilator in the South African market and this may have set the company up for international success;
    • How the app uses AI to minimise network and storage demands while improving outcomes;
    • Barriers to The Invigilator’s adoption, like resistance from students, and how they were overcome; and
    • The future technologies Riemer is most excited about in the ed-tech space.
    Don’t miss the conversation!
    Más Menos
    35 m
  • Barney Harmse on building Paratus Group – and working with Starlink

    Barney Harmse on building Paratus Group – and working with Starlink
    Sep 3 2025
    Paratus Group executive chairman Barney Harmse joins the TechCentral Show to share the story of the telecommunications group’s rise from small beginnings in Angola and Namibia more than 20 years ago and how it became one of Southern Africa’s biggest ICT infrastructure players.
    Paratus started life in Angola in 2003, evolving from a local internet service provider into a pan‑African telecoms powerhouse. Co-founded by Harmse with Schalk Erasmus, Rolf Mendelsohn, Martin Boese and Miles October, it grew rapidly and now has infrastructure across the region, including in Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, the DRC and Namibia.
    This week, it officially launched the first privately owned mobile network operator in Namibia, which will compete directly with the state-owned incumbents.
    Today the business works closely with the likes of Starlink, Google and Meta Platforms and plays a significant role in long-distance, metropolitan and access networks across the region. It also helped land Google’s Equiano cable on the Namibian coast.
    In this lively interview with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod, Harmse unpacks the Paratus story, touching on:
    • What building telecoms infrastructure across the vast reaches of Southern Africa has entailed, including memorable moments along the way;
    • The company’s financial backers, and its capital-raising plans – including a possible future listing in New York;
    • Why it built a network of long-distance fibre across Southern Africa;
    • Paratus’s relationship with Elon Musk’s Starlink, and why it’s a key role player in the launch of the low-Earth orbit satellite provider’s offering across the region;
    • The launch of the mobile network in Namibia and why it’s a significant development in the Paratus story; and
    • The opportunities still ahead for Paratus Group.
    Don’t miss a great interview!
    Más Menos
    57 m
Todavía no hay opiniones