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  • TCS + | HP’s AI future - how on-device intelligence is redefining work in Africa

    TCS + | HP’s AI future - how on-device intelligence is redefining work in Africa
    Sep 4 2025
    AI has advanced at breakneck speed in the last few years, with most knowledge workers using the technology to enhance their work in some shape or form.
    Most of this computing has been happening in the cloud. However, the advent of the neural processing unit, or NPU, has made it possible to move AI computation to the edge, which not only improves speeds but also protects personal and company data.
    In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, we were on location at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton where HP recently hosted its 2025 Future of Work event. The event brings together industry leaders, decision-makers and innovators and explores the evolving landscape of work in the age of artificial intelligence.
    Ertug Ayik, vice president and MD for Middle East and Africa at HP, connects the dots between the company’s new AI-infused product line and broader concepts shaping the way in which work is being done.
    Ayik delves into:
    • HP’s shift from a product focused company to a solutions and services outfit;
    • Why on-device AI processing capability has become a priority for HP;
    • The advantages on-device AI have for performance, security and power efficiency;
    • HP’s strategy for South Africa and the African continent;
    • Key initiatives HP is driving across Africa; and
    • What to expect from HP in the coming years.
    Don’t miss the conversation! TechCentral
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    27 m
  • TCS | Barney Harmse on building Paratus Group – and working with Starlink

    TCS | 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! TechCentral
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    57 m
  • TCS | Maziv goes massive: CEO Dietlof Mare on Vumatel’s big roll-out plans

    TCS | Maziv goes massive: CEO Dietlof Mare on Vumatel’s big roll-out plans
    Aug 26 2025
    Maziv, the company that owns Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, plans to spend R12-billion over the next five years as its ramps its deployment of fibre infrastructure across South Africa.
    Poised for a big injection of cash and assets from Vodacom, which is buying a 30% co-controlling stake in the business, it has unveiled big plans to deploy fibre in townships and other underserved parts of the country.
    In this exclusive podcast interview, CEO Dietlof Mare unpacks Maziv’s ambitious plans with the TechCentral Show, telling TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod about:
    • The painful three-and-a-half years it took to get the deal over the line with the competition authorities and how these delays undermined investment in new fibre builds in South Africa;
    • Why regulators need to reflect on the time it took to conclude the transaction, and why they need to be quicker in adjudicating M&A activity to grow the economy;
    • How the merging parties eventually secured the approval of the Competition Commission, which had initially recommended that the transaction be blocked on competition grounds;
    • Vumatel’s deployment plans – where it’s going to focus next with its new fibre builds and why;
    • The economics of rolling out fibre into townships and into low-income communities, a key focus for the business over the next five years;
    • What the conclusion of the deal means for the sector, including the potential for further consolidation of fibre network operators;
    • The policy and regulatory changes Maziv would like to see to help it speed up the deployment of fibre in South Africa; and
    • How the Maziv business is expected to change in the coming years.
    Don’t miss a great discussion about the future of broadband internet infrastructure in South Africa! TechCentral
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    52 m
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