Best Mpho Podcasts (2024)

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BCX executive Mpho Mothapo discusses their cutting-edge cloud solutions 9:59

7d ago9:59

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In this 2024 Cloud and Security Conference interview hosted by Aki Anastasiou, BCX Cloud Advisory and Consulting Executive Mpho Mothapo discusses the cutting-edge cloud solutions offered by BCX.Mothapo is a respected entrepreneur and executive in the ICT sector, with extensive experience in business strategy and consulting.In 2019, Mothapo became t…

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African Film Institute: Sosena Solomon, Mpho Matsipa, Natacha Nsabimana 30:55

17d ago30:55

30:55

A conversation between filmmaker Sosena Solomon, designer and urban scholar/theorist Mpho Matsipa, and anthropologist Natacha Nsabimana. This episode was recorded at e-flux Screening Room before a screening of Merkato, curated by Natacha Nsabimana. Sosena Solomon’s Merkato is a documentary tracing the lives of four people as they navigate the deman…

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Fedgroup Care GM Jeanetta Hendricks unpacks beneficiary funds and how they work 19:38

24d ago19:38

19:38

Jeanetta Hendricks is the General Manager for the Care division at Fedgroup.In this role she oversees the operation of the Fedgroup Beneficiary Care offering. Hendricks has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry and has occupied a variety of roles which included advisory services, consulting, administration, and intermediary se…

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MTN’s Dr Nkosi Kumalo explains what issues are top of mind regarding Cloud and Security 30:59

29d ago30:59

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In this interview, Dr Nkosi Kumalo, MTN’s General Manager of Product and Capability at MTN Business, speaks with Aki Anastasiou about MTN Business’s impressive cloud offerings.Dr Kumalo is responsible for driving MTN’s product strategy and innovation.Before joining MTN, Dr Kumalo held various leadership positions at Oracle, BCX, and Telkom.Dr Kumal…

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Investec Business Banking’s Hazel Banach and Dr Greg Cline on how to find the right import partner 33:53

1M ago33:53

33:53

In this What’s Next in Business Banking interview with Aki Anastasiou, Investec Business Banking’s Hazel Banach and Dr Greg Cline discuss finding the right lending and import partner.Hazel Banach is the Head of Product for Investec’s business lending division and boasts extensive experience in areas like business development, key account management…

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Cipherwave CEO Shamith Maharaj discusses the company’s partnership with OADC 11:26

1M ago11:26

11:26

In this interview with Aki Anastasiou, Cipherwave CEO Shamith Maharaj discusses Cipherwave’s partnership with OADC to deliver cloud services through its data centres.Maharaj has extensive knowledge in project management, network design, network activations, network operations, network management, IT management, and service assurance.He previously w…

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Doug Boothey 2 - Social capital, consciousness and social responsibility 14:38

1M ago14:38

14:38

Doug, Jamie and Tara summon Putnum's theorization of 'social capital.' Why was it meaningful - and does it have a role in understanding contemporary politics, including climate change?By Tara Brabazon

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Laura Helton, "Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History" (Columbia UP, 2024) 55:31

1M ago55:31

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During the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting the history of African American life. At a time when dominant institutions cast doubt on the value or even the idea of Black history, these bibliophiles, scrapbookers, and librarians created an enduring set of African diasporic arc…

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SolarAfrica Energy’s Brandon Horn on avoiding rising electricity prices through wheeling 27:01

2M ago27:01

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In this Driving Sustainability with Aki Anastasiou interview, SolarAfrica Head of Commercial Brandon Horn discusses the impact of rising electricity prices on South African businesses.Horn boasts over 16 years of sales and business development experience, and has a proven track record of driving sales growth and business expansion.Horn begins the i…

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Investec’s Kevin Hogan and Thivian Moodley discuss the importance of security in business banking 34:28

2M ago34:28

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In this Investec What’s Next in Business Banking interview, Investec’s Kevin Hogan and Thivian Moodley discuss the importance of security in business banking.Hogan is the Head of Fraud Risk at Investec. He has worked in the banking industry for 21 years — first as a credit analyst at Nedbank and then as part of the first retail banking fraud preven…

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Rubina Raja, "Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues Between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives" (Brepols, 2023) 38:54

2M ago38:54

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Archaeology as a discipline has undergone significant changes over the past decades, in particular concerning best practices for how to handle the vast quantities of data that the discipline generates. As Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives (Brepols, 2023) uncovers, much of this dat…

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Rubina Raja, "Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues Between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives" (Brepols, 2023) 38:54

2M ago38:54

38:54

Archaeology as a discipline has undergone significant changes over the past decades, in particular concerning best practices for how to handle the vast quantities of data that the discipline generates. As Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives (Brepols, 2023) uncovers, much of this dat…

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Cosmos Cinema conversation: Alice Wang 26:44

2M ago26:44

26:44

Ben Eastham talks to artist Alice Wang. This episode is part of a series produced in conjunction with the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art (November 2023–March 2024), curated by Anton Vidokle, Zairong Xiang, Hallie Ayres, Lukas Brasiskis, and Ben Eastham. Alice Wang’s sculptural forms shine a light on the uncanny forces that shape…

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Anton Kopytov from CloudSmiths discusses the power of Salesforce Data Cloud 41:33

2M ago41:33

41:33

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Head of MarTech and Data Product at CloudSmiths Anton Kopytov explains the benefits of Salesforce Data Cloud.Kopytov is a visionary technology leader with over two decades of experience leading digital transformations across various industries.He is renowned for crafting robust technical roadmaps a…

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Dhiren Mansingh and Devina Maharaj discuss the evolution of business banking in South Africa 33:05

2M ago33:05

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In this What’s Next in Business Banking interview, Investec Head of Treasury Sales and Structuring Dhiren Mansingh, and Investec Head of Digital for South Africa Davina Maharaj, discuss the evolution of business banking in South Africa.Mansingh has worked at Investec since 2011. He specialises in many areas, including interest rates, the money mark…

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Fedgroup’s Warren Winchester and Jason Green discuss the latest commercial property finance trends 20:50

2M ago20:50

20:50

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Fedgroup’s Warren Winchester and Jason Green unpack the nuances of providing finance in diverse domains.Warren Winchester is the General Manager of Ventures at Fedgroup.Jason Green is the General Manager of Property Finance at Fedgroup and boasts an impressive track record in the finance industry.G…

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Tracker COO Duma Ngcobo on the rise and prevention of fleet vehicle crime 21:16

2M ago21:16

21:16

In this What’s Next in Motoring with Aki Anastasiou interview, Tracker’s Chief Operating Officer Duma Ngcobo explains how businesses can protect themselves against fleet vehicle crime.Ngcobo has over 20 years of experience in finance, telecoms, and IT, which has equipped him with a wide range of skills for his role at Tracker.Ngcobo begins the inte…

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Cosmos Cinema conversation: Nolan Oswald Dennis 24:34

2M ago24:34

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Hallie Ayres talks to artist Nolan Oswald Dennis. This episode is part of a series produced in conjunction with the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art (November 2023–March 2024), curated by Anton Vidokle, Zairong Xiang, Hallie Ayres, Lukas Brasiskis, and Ben Eastham. In his para-disciplinary artistic practice, Nolan Oswald Dennis ex…

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Everest Wealth CEO Thys van Zyl discusses the impact of South Africa’s election on local markets 18:41

2M ago18:41

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In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Everest Wealth CEO Thys van Zyl discusses the upcoming national elections and their impact on local markets.Van Zyl is passionate about private equity and alternative investments and has earned a reputation as one of South Africa’s best financial planners.He has worked in the industry throughout th…

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Cosmos Cinema conversation: Thotti 22:14

2M ago22:14

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Hallie Ayres talks to artist Thotti. This episode is part of a series produced in conjunction with the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art (November 2023–March 2024), curated by Anton Vidokle, Zairong Xiang, Hallie Ayres, Lukas Brasiskis, and Ben Eastham. Thotti works at the frontier between trance and nothingness, the image and its …

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Bryan K. Miller, "Xiongnu: The World's First Nomadic Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:03:13

2M ago1:03:13

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In Xiongnu: The World’s First Nomadic Empire (Oxford UP, 2024), Bryan K. Miller weaves together archaeology and history to chart the course of the Xiongnu empire, which controlled the Eastern Eurasian steppe from ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. Through a close analysis of both material artifacts and textual sources, Miller centers the nomadic perspective, s…

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Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira details the Beast Bundle solar power package from Wetility 18:21

2M ago18:21

18:21

In this episode of What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou, Wetility brand ambassador and Springbok rugby legend Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira discusses Wetility’s solar power products.Mtawarira began playing for the Springboks in 2008 and retired in 2019 after winning the Rugby World Cup that same year.In 2022, Mtawarira founded The Beast Wine Collection and i…

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Sarah A. Bendall, "Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 51:31

2M ago51:31

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In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments called bodies and farthingales, existed in various extremes in Western Europe and beyond, in the form of stays, corsets, hoop petticoats and crinolines, right up until the twentieth century. With a nuanc…

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Ariella Aisha Azoulay, "Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism" (Verso, 2019) 52:17

2M ago52:17

52:17

Ariella Aisha Azoulay argues that the institutions that make our world, from archives and museums to ideas of sovereignty and human rights to history itself, are all dependent on imperial modes of thinking. Imperialism has segmented populations into differentially governed groups, continually emphasized the possibility of progress while trying to d…

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Natalia Grincheva and Elizabeth Stainforth, "Geopolitics of Digital Heritage" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 56:30

2M ago56:30

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How are digital platforms transforming heritage? In Geopolitics of Digital Heritage (Cambridge UP, 2023), Dr Natalia Grincheva, Program Leader of the BA (Hons) Arts Management at the University of the Arts Singapore and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Dr Elizabeth Stainforth, a lecturer in the School of Fine Art,…

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Head of First for Women Seugnette van Wyngaard explains why women-tailored insurance is important 16:29

2M ago16:29

16:29

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Head of First for Women Seugnette van Wyngaard discusses the importance of offering insurance products tailored for women.First for Women is owned by Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH), and before taking on her current role in 2018, van Wyngaard worked in several other positions in the group.In her…

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Absa CIB Executive Msizi Khoza provides valuable insights from Absa CIB’s sustainability report 25:55

2M ago25:55

25:55

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Absa CIB Managing Executive for ESG Msizi Khoza discusses how Absa CIB supports sustainability initiatives.In his current role, Khoza provides executive leadership over the firm’s numerous ESG-related initiatives. He also works with clients to help them access local and international capital market…

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Cosmos Cinema conversation: Lucile Desamory 26:40

2M ago26:40

26:40

Ben Eastham talks to artist Lucile Desamory. This episode is part of a series produced in conjunction with the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art (November 2023–March 2024), curated by Anton Vidokle, Zairong Xiang, Hallie Ayres, Lukas Brasiskis, and Ben Eastham. Lucile Desamory works at the frontiers of perception and cognition, wit…

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Danielle Taschereau Mamers, "Settler Colonial Ways of Seeing: Documentation, Administration, and the Interventions of Indigenous Art" (Fordham UP, 2023) 48:29

2M ago48:29

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How do bureaucratic documents create and reproduce a state’s capacity to see? What kinds of worlds do documents help create? Further, how might such documentary practices and settler colonial ways of seeing be refused? Settler Colonial Ways of Seeing: Documentation, Administration, and the Interventions of Indigenous Art (Fordham University Press, …

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Doug Boothey 1 - Learning from the past 15:34

2M ago15:34

15:34

Doug, Tara and Jamie talk about starting a PhD with power and energy, and learning from the past.By Tara Brabazon

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Cogence CEO Jonel Matthee-Ferreira on working with Discovery to create superior discretionary funds 14:46

3M ago14:46

14:46

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Cogence CEO Jonel Matthee-Ferreira discusses Cogence’s partnership with Discovery, and how it helps Cogence build superior financial products.Matthee-Ferreira joined Cogence in January 2024 and has assumed the roles of CEO and CIO immediately.Before joining Cogence, Matthee-Ferreira worked at Sanla…

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Rose Miron, "Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory" (U Minnesota Press, 2024) 44:18

3M ago44:18

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The past several decades have seen a massive shift in debates over who owns and has the right to tell Native American history and stories. For centuries, non-Native actors have collected, stolen, sequestered, and gained value from Native stories and documents, human remains, and sacred objects. However, thanks to the work of Native activists, Nativ…

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Dell Technologies' Doug Woolley unpacks concept Luna and its progress 21:31

3M ago21:31

21:31

In South Africa, 45% of corporations are actively using GenAI. Unlock valuable insights into the use of GenAI and access recent research by World Wide Worx, Dell Technologies and Intel. To view the webcast announcement of the research results, contact marguerite@pbpr.co.za and we will send you the link.…

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Cosmos Cinema conversation: Heidi Lau 16:33

3M ago16:33

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Hallie Ayres talks to artist Heidi Lau. This episode is part of a series produced in conjunction with the 14th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art (November 2023–March 2024), curated by Anton Vidokle, Zairong Xiang, Hallie Ayres, Lukas Brasiskis, and Ben Eastham. Heidi Lau’s luminous ceramics evoke architectural ruins, funerary vessels, a…

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Grazia Ingravalle, "Archival Film Curatorship: Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital" (Amsterdam UP, 2024) 1:10:39

3M ago1:10:39

1:10:39

Archival Film Curatorship: Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital (Amsterdam UP, 2023) is the first book-length study that investigates film archives at the intersection of institutional histories, early and silent film historiography, and archival curatorship. It examines three institutions at the forefront of experimentation with film exh…

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AWS South Africa General Manager Chris Erasmus on the importance of AI technology 24:47

3M ago24:47

24:47

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Country General Manager for South Africa, Chris Erasmus, discusses the importance of AI technology.Erasmus is responsible for setting AWS’s local strategy and guiding its local growth.He is well-qualified for this job, as he boasts over 15 years of strategic, commercial, a…

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Fedgroup General Manager Michael Field on the biggest challenges facing South African investors 33:50

3M ago33:50

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In this What’s Next in Finance with Aki Anastasiou interview, Fedgroup’s Michael Field unpacks the biggest challenges facing local investors. Field is the General Manager for Investments at Fedgroup and has worked for the company since 2011. Before working at Fedgroup, he gained experience working for Murray and Roberts, and MegChem Engineering and…

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S03 E05 A Chat with Mmuso Worship | Gospel Music, Jeso O Ntekane | What is your Next Summit 47:25

3M ago47:25

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In Africa, you cannot speak of worship music and not speak about Mmuso Worship. Coming out of one of South Africa’s fastest growing churches, Mmuso Worship, this group has cemented their impact in the Kingdom of God. Founded by Pastors Koketso and Thato Molaolwe, Mmuso Worship have a vision of sharing the message and heart of Christ through song. W…

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MediaTek’s Rami Osman on the Dimensity 9300 and its next-gen AI processor 25:54

3M ago25:54

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In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, MediaTek’s Director of Business Development for the MEA region, Rami Osman, unpacks the key features of the Dimensity 9300 chip.In 2006, he joined Microsoft as a Corporate Account Manager, before joining Qualcomm as the Country Manager for Business Development in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and …

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HONOR General Manager Fred Zhou unpacks the launch of the Flagship Magic Series in South Africa 16:18

3M ago16:18

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In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, HONOR South Africa General Manager Fred Zhou explains what makes the new HONOR Magic Series smartphones disruptive in South Africa.HONOR is a leading global provider of smart devices and was founded in 2013.Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, HONOR has grown to become the biggest smartphone brand in …

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Episode 27: Honours Of House Podcast 028 - Mixed By Kevin The Godson 1:14:14

3M ago1:14:14

1:14:14

01. KoptjieSA - My Story (Soulful Deep) 02. SiyaBlaq-Train To Berlin 03. Devine Maestro Ft ShimmyTones - Everyday You Out There (Mark Lane remix) 04. Ntombi (feat. C-Blak) 05. BusyExplore & KoptjieSA - Let's Be One 06. Devine Maestro & Mark Lane Ft MarleySoul - Phumelela (Deepconsoul Memories of You Remix) 07. Nestro DaProducer - Peace Of Praise 08…

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PEP Chief Executive Michael Silke on the success of the PAXI parcel delivery service 18:32

3M ago18:32

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In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, PEP Chief Executive Michael Silke discusses PAXI – PEP’s counter-to-counter parcel delivery service.Silke has over 21 years of experience in the retail sector – much of which has been with PEP.In his current role, Silke oversees all PEP’s departments – including Cellular, Financial Services, FMCG, …

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