Entries Tagged to 'South Africa'
Itumuleng Mabote, Ubutouch talks about: what Ubutouch is working on; how trusted smart access might work; the pilot it is carrying out; and looking for funding.
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October 25, 2018
Quentin Harley, Morgan 3D Printers talks about: how he came to be making 3D printers; the type of printers he makes; how people are using his 3D printers; and House for Hack and other maker spaces in Johannesburg.
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April 10, 2018
Vikash Govindjee, Co-Founder, Carter talks about: how the app and website help guide South Africans through the complicated process of buying a new car; how many people are using Carter; its investors; and future plans.
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March 13, 2018
Lebogang Madise, mlab talks about: the three different programmes that mlab runs; examples of start-ups it is supporting; and the two biggest barriers to start-up growth in South Africa.
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February 17, 2018
Kenyan film-maker, producer and director Carol Kioko talks about: the slate of 5 films being co-produced between South Africa and Kenya; the stories in two of them, one about a losing South African football team and the other about a single mother; her own projects, a short and a feature film; and issues around women's identity in the media.
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February 17, 2018
Film-maker Akin Omotoso talks about: the three intertwined stories in the film Vaya; the Homeless Writers Project out of which it came; his silent film, tone poem A Hotel Called Memory; and his fortcoming documentary The Colour of Wine about the transition from Apartheid seen through the perspective of 4 Black pioneers in the wine industry.
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November 12, 2017
Author Willie Currie talks about: his novel Blue Eland Foxtrot; the story in the novel and its autobiographical aspects; the impact of the UDF; whether Afrikaans nationalism was a cousin of Nazism; and the eerie parallels between apartheid and the present day Government.
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August 11, 2017
Domestly Co-Founders Berno Potgieter and Thatoyaone Marumo talk about: how the idea for Domestly came about; what it does and how it works; the number of people using it; and the company's investors.
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February 28, 2017
Catherine Luckhoff, founder and CEO, NicheStreem talks about: what the company does; its first streaming service aimed at Afrikaans music lovers; why a niche streaming service will work; its plans for a Nigerian gospel channel and its other plans for Iran and Brazil; and why it can break even earlier than other streaming services.
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August 7, 2016
Luisa Mazinter, Group Chief Innovation Officer, Mortimer Harvey talks about: what Mortimer Harvey does across Africa; the impact of digital on its own business and the African advertising business more generally; how it uses branded content; and how digital data is more powerful than market research.
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May 27, 2016
Tsholo Moraba, General Manager, Gallo Music Publishers talks about: the label and publishing acquisitions Gallo has made; the opening of a rights office in Kenya; selling rights across the continent; his involvement on the board of SAMRO; its implementation of a digital rights management system and the increase in revenues achieved through it.
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April 27, 2016
South African film-maker Tebogo Malope talks about: how the mood and the idea for For Love and Broken Bones came to him in a dream; the story in the movie; how the film was distributed and the prize it won; and his for two new films.
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March 8, 2016
Takunda Bimha, Festival Director, Johannesburg International Comedy Festival talks about: how the idea for a Festival came about; his international partner for the Festival; the strands of the festival and the different kinds of comedy in each of them; why it used venues in downtown areas like Braamfontein and New Town; and his plans for the Festival in 2016.
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February 14, 2016
Film-maker Charlie Vundla talks about: how Cuckold came to be made; why the project is very personal; the story in the film; and his future plans including making a TV series of How To Steal 2 Million.
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February 14, 2016
Rapelang Rabana, CEO and co-founder, Rekindle Learning talks about: why she set up Rekindle Learning; which companies they have as clients; why the company is still self-funded; and her expansion plans.
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January 30, 2016
Timothy Spira, Online General Manager, eNCA talks about: what was different 4 years ago when it made the digital transition; what the challenges are for print vs broadcast organisations; the growth in the use of video; what things will look like in 3-5 years time; and online vs TV.
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January 30, 2016
Amaru da Costa, Soulistic Music talks about: how he became Black Coffee's Manager; the artists on Soulistic Music; the digital success of Pieces of Me; what Black Coffee has been doing since his last album; the barriers to people buying digital music; and what it will look like in 5 years time.
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January 30, 2016
Puseletso Mompei, New Business Director, CenHealth talks about: what this South African start-up does; its partnership with ER24; the business model for the company; the different packages it offers; and how it sees its future prospects.
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November 27, 2015
Ryan Dingley, Founder and CEO, Iono.fm talks about: what Iono.fm does; why it avoids music radio; the enormous growth it has experienced in South Africa; the changes in radio listening behaviour; its latest funding round;the business model and its data-based approach to advertising.
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August 2, 2015
Andrew Rudge, Reach Trust on: what the organisation does; how he came to set up Reach; its initial relationship with Mxit; its current multi-platform strategy; its Africa expansion plans; its potential relationship with the Lego Foundation; and how users use its information.
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July 6, 2015
South African TV and Film producer Asi Mathaba on: his past work; his new TV series A Luta set in post Apartheid South Africa where the hero has to rescue the President from assassination and corruption by fighting his ex-comrades; and his need for co-production financing from East Africa.
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June 9, 2015
Dmitry Shishkin, World Service Group Digital Development Editor, BBC talks about: why the BBC decided to run this initiative; the two places it ran hackathons and its partners; the issues it was asking hackers to tackle; the ideas developed so far and how it will support the winners.
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May 11, 2015
South African Film-maker David Forbes talks about: about his life story documentary When I Was Water; how the relationship with the women's family started when she was 14; her marriage, the birth of her children and the breakdown of her marriage; the editing of the film in Kenya; and the launch of the film.
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February 19, 2015
South African Julie Taylor, Director of a new contemporary art platform on: the origins of the gallery's name, Guns and Rain; how ordering from the online platform works; curating online exhibitions with Google Open Gallery; the kinds of artists features on the platform; the impact of online on art buying habits; and why online makes art more accessible.
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February 1, 2015
Eban Oliver, Skyroomlive talks about: the size of the live music touring circuit in South Africa and the acts that play it; its portal for livestreaming concerts; the different models it's using for livestreaming; livestreaming 3D footage; and the 3D viewers it's selling.
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January 18, 2015
James Muir, founder of Mediabox talks about: what Mediabox does; how the hardware and software works; the different apps that can be used to control it; the cost of the device when it's launched; and its crowdsourced funding campaign on Indiegogo.
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January 11, 2015
Alrick September of gaming site Techladon.com talks about: the soon-to-be-launched gaming and mobile site Techladon; the FIFA 15 tournament it will be running in Cape Town; the main games played by South African gamers; the number of South African gamers; his ambition to bring an MLG event to Cape Town; and how people buy games and piracy.
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November 16, 2014
Harael Salkow, CEO, Soul Candi Records on: how the label came out of selling records; the roster of artists and DJs on the label; what sales numbers are; the scale of the House scene in South Africa; digital downloads and the slow pace of take-up; and who it competes with.
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October 18, 2014
Director of Man On Ground Akin Omotoso talks about: how as a Nigerian he came to live in South Africa; the story in Man On Ground and why he decided to make this film; how xenophobia has been a theme in the last two of his films; the inspiration for his romantic comedy Tell Me Sweet Something; its financing and the distribution plans for it.
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September 27, 2014
Tefo Mohapi, Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg (https://www.leanstartupmachine.com/ci...) talks about: its 3 day intensive workshop approach; the different elements of the workshop; the kinds of people who come to the workshop; the types of projects they want to set up; and the two key barriers in the Johannesburg start-up scene.
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September 27, 2014
